2. Dynamic insulation
2.1 Principle
Since it is impossible to reduce conductive heat loss to zero by improving the insulating material, dynamic insulation aims to make the wall function as a heat exchanger. Heat losses are recovered, for example, by preheating fresh air from outside, circulating it inside the walls. There are two types of dynamic insulation.
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Permeodynamic insulation: air flows against the flow of heat through the insulation, which must be a permeable porous material:
in an open circuit, using renewal air (figure 4 a );
closed circuit, in which case the circulating...
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Economic data
The thermal insulation market
The total volume of the thermal insulation market is around 17 million cubic meters per year.
Table 1 shows the breakdown by product family as a percentage of total volume.
References
Specialized organizations and laboratories
(non-exhaustive list)
ACERMI - Association pour la certification des matériaux Isolants, Paris.
AFNOR - Association Française de Normalisation.
CEN - Comité européen de Normalisation. Comité Technique TC88 : Matériaux et produits isolants thermiques.
CFI - Comité français de l'Isolation, Paris....
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