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thermal conductivity comparison glass and concrete 2

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vij36

vij36

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Dec 27, 2018
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Dear All,

I am trying to compare the thermal conductivity of
10 mm tempered glass and 6" concrete wall.

Any inputs or best practices for evaluation please ...
 
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You look up the thermal conductivity by Google search, then you calculate the R-factor for each case.
 
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This comparison requirement is for selecting either glass wall or brick wall for living rooms.

Should i check for convection also ? But convection involves liquids and gases ...
 
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Dear sir,
I could not understand your comment "vacuum environment "

Could you please elaborate ...
 
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Your wall, glass or otherwise, is surrounded by what?

Moreover,
> units in row 7 are incorrect, should be W/mm^2-K
> row 12 is nonsensical, because you used mm^2 as the area unit. The temperature for conduction is the delta temperature, not the absolute. Absolute temperature only shows up in radiated heat and heat transfer coefficient calculations.
> mm^2 for area is a nonsensical
> row 16 is nonsensical, since that's per mm^2 of area.

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Your living room and outside environment is filled with air, which is a gas. Therefore, you should consider convection.

You have an HVAC problem here. There are a lot of HVAC knowledge in books, for example ASHRAE Handbook, that can aid you in solving your problems.
 
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If you want a glass wall then choose glass.

If you want a concrete wall then choose concrete.

Design the HVAC accordingly.
 
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@MintJulip - best advise!
@vij36: text book suff - heat transfer has 3 elements, conduction, convection and radiation. Each element has constant for specific maerials that are easy to find. If you are really considering building a room, then for HVAC design you will be able to find table/graphs that will tell you the amount of heat influx based on temperature difference. The tables etc ha solved the problem for you in a standard way that will be valid for most cases.

Best regards, Morten
 
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Here is a third option. Instead of concrete or glass panes, consider glass blocks, then contact the manufacturer for the K or R value. For regular glass panes, concrete blocks or plain concrete walls CE or ME handbooks will have those values.
 
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MortenA said:
text book suff - heat transfer has 3 elements, conduction, convection and radiation. ...
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my doubt is whether it is glass or brick wall the surrounding media such as air remains the same. Or if I am wrong will the surrounding area's medium such as air will have separate effects on glass and brick ?

 
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IRStuff said:
You need to explain the problem, in MORE DETAIL, rather than just tossing out random disjoint questions.
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Apologize for the inconvenience.

Am relatively new to hvac material selection.

Basically the task in my hand is to choose between 10 mm glass or porotherm brick.

Glass U value is ranging from 1.67 to 5.88. W/ m k
Link

Porotherm thermobrick U value is 0.6 W/ m k
Link

So for less heat gain inside should we need to choose less U vale material ?

Spare me if I am awfully wrong . [ponder]
 
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IRStuff said:
Aren't glass blocks a bit 1960s?
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Are the double glazing units are better than glass blocks ? Will the spacer can improve the hvac performance ?
 
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Glass blocks are thick, so should be less conductive than double pane, but double pane is more modern and you can see through it. This is all pretty common knowledge.

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