WO2018091576A1 - Unité de verre isolée remplie de gaz à chambres multiples - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to technical solutions in the area of transparent or translucent heat insulation based on the principle of multipane glazing units for general use, in particular in civil engineering, and more particular in prefabricated building envelopes or integrated facades. More particularly, the present invention relates to a multichamber gas-filled insulated glass unit comprising an outer pane, an inner pane, and at least three chambers arranged between said outer and inner panes.
- Thermal insulation of buildings is important in achieving a reduction of energy consumption.
- An effective thermal insulation requires corresponding insulation systems with low effective thermal conductivity.
- transparent or translucent glazed systems using hermetically sealed composite panels have been proposed, which are also known as "insulating glass units" in the art .
- insulating glass units with three glass panes are common, which are referred to as triple glass insulating units in the art.
- so-called “quad glass units” have been introduced, having an outer pane, an inner pane and two low emissivity coated intermediate panes stacked in between, which are typically thinner than the inner and outer panes.
- the intermediate panes form chambers between each other and between themselves and the inner or outer panes.
- the overall heat transfer coefficient also referred to as the "U-value" in the art
- U-value the overall heat transfer coefficient
- the clearest mineral glass or polymer film panes absorb light passing through. This causes solar heating of the individual panes of the glass units, and in particular of the intermediate panes.
- the pressure of the gas contained in the chambers increases, which in turn may lead to breakage of the intermediate panes.
- excessive temperatures as well as increased pressure may also lead to a failure of ordinary sealing materials.
- strengthened glass such as chemically strengthened glass, or toughened glass, which is less prone to break under thermal stress.
- toughened or tempered glass is typically a fully tempered glass, having a strength that exceeds the strength of annealed glass by a factor of e.g. 4 to 6.
- heat strengthened glass can also refer to glass that has been heat strengthened such as to acquire a still considerably higher strength than annealed glass, although not quite the strength obtainable with fully tempered glass.
- the glass is strengthened by a chemical surface finishing process.
- the glass may be submersed in a bath containing a potassium salt which causes sodium ions in the glass surface to be replaced by potassium ions from the bath solution, which effectively leads to a state of compression in the surface of the glass and a compensating tension in the core.
- tempered or chemically strengthened glass may indeed reduce the risk of breakage of intermediate panes upon thermal stress, their use severely increases the manufacturing costs of corresponding glass units.
- EP 2 729 635 Bl suggests a multichamber structure with an inner pane, and outer pane, and a group of four sealed chambers formed between the outer pane and a divider pane, wherein the sealed chambers are filled with insulating gas.
- the four sealed chambers are formed by three intermediate panes, which may be formed by polymer films. Between the divider pane and the inner pane, an open chamber is formed, which allows for pressure equalization with a surrounding atmosphere of said unit.
- the object underlying the invention is to provide a multichamber gas-filled insulating glass unit allowing for comparatively low U- values at moderate manufacturing costs.
- This problem is solved by a multichamber gas-filled insulated glass unit according to claim 1.
- the multichamber gas-filled insulating glass unit comprises an outer pane having a solar direct transmittance T e , 0 uter according to EN 410 and a solar direct absorptance a e ,o ter according to EN 410, and an inner pane.
- the unit comprises at least three chambers arranged between said outer pane and inner pane, wherein adjacent chambers are divided by intermediate panes.
- ct e ,inter denotes the solar direct absorption according to EN 410 of the intermediate panes, and the two intermediate panes closest Lo said outer pane have an average value avCc .inter) of their solar direct absorptions.
- the chambers comprise a group of sealed chambers, wherein said group of sealed chambers as a whole is hermetically sealed, and each of said chambers among said group of sealed chambers is filled with an insulating gas having a thermal conductivity of ⁇ .
- the values for te.outer, Oe.outer, av(d e ,inter) and the total number N of outer, inner and intermediate panes is chosen such that a parameter T, which is defined as:
- the inventor has devised a new class of glass units under the following considerations.
- U-value thermal transmission
- SHGC so-called g-value or SHGC
- High solar heat gain is intended to reduce building heating need in winter.
- insulating glass units need to be equipped with additional exterior shading devices to prevent building overheating.
- the need for strong solar heating in winter actually diminishes.
- the inventor has put particular emphasis on use in comparatively cold climates, such as climates found at above 45 0 geographical latitude.
- the insolation intensity on the earth may be as high as 1060 W/m 2 , at a latitude of 45°, and for vertical walls, the insolation from March to October never exceeds 768 W/m 2 (see the HOURLY CLEAR-SKY INSOLATION TABLES in Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems, Gilbert M. Masters ISBN 0-471-28060-7, 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.).
- the inventor tried to devise a class of glass units which allow for keeping the temperatures at the intermediate panes within reasonable limits such as to avoid excessive thermal stress both, to the panes themselves, as well as to the sealing material of the unit.
- an upper bound for the thermal stress to be expected in use could be estimated assuming "critical conditions" at an outside temperature of 40°C, an inside temperature of 24°C and an insolation intensity of 783 W/m 2 .
- T even allows for choosing different numbers N of outer, inner and intermediate panes, or in other words, different numbers of chambers within the glass unit.
- the definition of T however employs what could be regarded as an
- the peak temperature among the intermediate panes can be quite reliably be predicted based on the solar direct transmittance T e , 0 uicr and the solar direct absorptance a e ,outer of the outer pane, in combination with the average value av(a e ,inter) of the solar direct absorptance of the two intermediate panes closest to said outer pane and the "effective number of panes" as defined above.
- the parameters T e , 0 uter, e , 0 uter, av(a e ,mter) and the total number N of outer, inner and intermediate panes is chosen such that T > 50, preferably T > 55, and most preferably T > 60.
- the thermal conductivity ⁇ of the insulating gas, the total number N of outer, inner and intermediate panes and the corrected emissivity ⁇ of said panes is chosen such that the U-value of the entire unit is less than 0.5 W/(m 2 ⁇ K), preferably less than 0.3 W/(m 2 ⁇ K).
- the "corrected emissivity” is used as recommended by EN 410, EN 673 and EN 12898. This definition of "corrected emissivity" is analogous to the hemispherical emissivity in the NFRC standards.
- said number of chambers is between 3 and 7, preferably 4 or 5, and most preferably 5.
- said number of chambers is between 3 and 7, preferably 4 or 5, and most preferably 5.
- all of said chambers within said group of sealed chambers may be individually sealed such as to prevent any gas exchange with other chambers among said group of sealed chambers.
- the group of chambers formed thereby is likewise hermetically sealed as a whole.
- some, and in particular all of said chambers among said group of sealed chambers are not individually sealed with regard to one another such as to allow for a gas exchange and equalization of pressure among themselves.
- small openings could be provided in the intermediate panes separating the chambers within said group of sealed chambers.
- the material used for the intermediate panes could simply be a material that is not completely gas tight and hence allows for gas exchange and pressure equalization. This could for example be the case when polymer films or sheets are used for the intermediate panes.
- all of said chambers are part of said group of sealed chambers.
- no open chamber as disclosed in EP 2 729 635 Bi is employed.
- insulated glass units can be provided which keep the heating even under critical conditions low enough such that such open chambers can be dispensed with.
- the unit comprises an open chamber which allows for a pressure equalization with a surrounding atmosphere of said unit, in particular the outside of a building in which the unit is to be installed.
- said open chamber is preferably adjacent to said inner pane of said unit.
- some or all of the intermediate panes separating chambers within the group of sealed chambers are formed by glass sheets, in particular sheets from non- strengthened glass.
- non-strengthened glass refers to annealed glass, which has not been subjected to chemical strengthening or tempering. Due to the inventive choice of the parameters Tauter, e ,outer, av(a e ,mter) and N, the intermediate panes will only moderately heat up and not be subjected to excessive strain, such that in the preferred embodiments, no strengthened glass for the intermediate panes will be needed.
- some or all of the intermediate panes can be formed by transparent polymer sheets or films, in particular polyester films. Very good results can be achieved using films having a thickness of about 0.1 mm. The polymer sheets and films will often not be completely gas tight, and hence allow for the aforementioned gas transfer and seasonal pressure equalization between adjacent chambers, without having to provide for additional openings.
- some or all of the intermediate panes are formed by monolithic glass having a thickness of 1.9 to 4.0 mm, preferably 2.0 to 3.0 mm.
- some or all of the intermediate panes are made from refined glass having a low content of iron oxides. These types of glass are known as "low iron glass” in the art. Iron oxides tend to exhibit a high absorption in the NIR range, but also in the visible part of the solar radiation. By employing low iron glass, the heating of intermediate panes can further be reduced.
- av(a e ,mter) is 0.15 or less, preferably 0.11 or less, and most preferably 0.09 or less.
- some or all of the intermediate panes are equipped with a low emissivity coating having a corrected emissivity ⁇ according to EN 410 in a range of 0.020 to 0.120, preferably in a range of 0.030 to 0.050, and most preferably in a range of 0.033 to 0.037.
- a low emissivity coating having an emissivity ⁇ of as low as approximately o.oi are available, and could be regarded as the obvious choice in many respects, since they are convenient for reaching exceptionally low U -values per gas gap.
- higher emissivity values in the ranges defined above are employed, to further prevent overheating of the intermediate panes.
- the intermediate pane separating the open chamber from an adjacent one of the chambers of the group of sealed chambers is preferably made from tempered float glass or chemically strengthened glass, preferably having a thickness of 2.0 to 6.0 mm. These types of glass panes allow for withstanding the pressure-induced flexing exerted by the group of sealed chambers.
- each of said chambers has a width larger than 5 mm, preferably larger than 8 mm, and most preferably larger than 12 mm.
- some or all of the intermediate panes are spaced from an adjacent one of said outer pane, inner pane or other intermediate pane by means of a spacer, in particular a metal spacer or a plastic spacer with gas barrier, where such barrier is preferably formed by a metal sheet.
- a spacer in particular a metal spacer or a plastic spacer with gas barrier, where such barrier is preferably formed by a metal sheet.
- the width of some or all of said spacers is - between 16 and 24 mm, preferably between 18 and 20 mm in case said chambers within the group of sealed chambers is predominantly filled by argon or air, and in particular by an argon-air mixture, or
- the outer pane is a solar control glass.
- a "solar control glass” is understood to be a glass with reduced solar energy transmission, where such reduced solar energy transmission is achieved with energy absorption and/or reflection.
- monolithic transparent glass panes may have a solar direct transmittance of as high as 91%, while solar control glass allows for achieving a solar direct transmittance of 60% or less.
- the outer pane is spectrally selective in that the transmittance for invisible NIR light is lower than that of visible light, in particular by a factor of 2, preferably by a factor of at least 4.
- the solar direct transmittance T e , 0 uter is 0.6 or less.
- said outer pane is equipped with a system, in particular a photochromatic, thermochromatic or electro-chromatic system for dynamically changing the value of Tcoutur, said system allowing for reducing the value of isomer to 0.6 or below.
- a system in particular a photochromatic, thermochromatic or electro-chromatic system for dynamically changing the value of Tcoutur, said system allowing for reducing the value of isomer to 0.6 or below.
- the solar direct absorption a e ,outcr of said outer pane is between o and 0.9 , preferably between 0.1 and 0.5.
- said outer and/or inner pane is with single or double sided low emissivity coating.
- said outer pane may be provided with a coating that provides for self-cleaning and/or low reflection.
- said outer pane is a monolithic or composite pane having a thickness of 4 mm or more.
- said inner pane is a monolithic or composite pane having a thickness of 3 mm or more.
- said inner pane may be a one- or two-gap insulating glass unit.
- said inner pane is a safety glass, in particular a toughened glass having a thickness of 5 mm or more, or a laminated glass of two or more glass panes each having a thickness of at least 4 mm, with resin films, in particular PVB films stacked in between.
- the glass unit has a total thickness of at least 47 mm, preferably at least 69 mm.
- said glass unit is a building element for use in building envelopes or facades.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a multichamber gas-filled insulated glass unit according to an embodiment of the invention, in which no open chamber is used.
- Fig. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a multichamber gas-filled insulated glass unit according to another embodiment of the invention, in which an open chamber is employed, DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
- Fig. 1 shows a multichamber gas-filled insulated glass unit 10 according to a first embodiment of the invention.
- the glass unit 10 comprises an outer pane 1 which is facing outside when the unit is installed in a building, and an inner pane 2 facing inside when installed.
- the intermediate panes 4 are separated from each other and from the outer and inner panes 1, 2 by means of spacers 5.
- the entire unit 10 is sealed by an edge sealant 6, which in the embodiment shown is made from polysulfide.
- a further sealing is provided between spacers 5 and the inner, outer and intermediate panes 1, 2, 4, which in the embodiment shown is a butyl sealing.
- the four chambers 3 form a group of sealed chambers, where the group of sealed chambers 3 as a whole is hermetically sealed.
- Each of the chambers 3 within the group of sealed chambers is filled with an insulating gas, which in the embodiment shown is assumed to be a mixture of 90% argon and 10% air.
- the outer pane 1 shown is an at least 4 mm thick monolithic or composite pane, which may be translucent or fully transparent. The strength of the outer pane 1 can be selected according to the wind protection requirements of the building where the glass unit 10 is to be employed.
- the outer pane 1 is characterized by a solar direct transmittance T e , 0 uter according to EN 410 and a solar direct absorptance a e , 0 uter according to EN 410.
- the outer pane 1 is a solar control pane with reduced solar energy transmission, which is achieved by appropriate energy absorption and/or reflection. More particularly, the solar direct transmittance T e>0 uter is chosen to be less than 60%, but may in some embodiments be chosen to be less than 50%, less than 40% or even less than 30%. In particularly favorable embodiments, the outer pane 1 can be provided with a chromatic, thermochromatic or electrochromatic system for dynamically changing the value of the solar direct transmittance T e , 0 uter. Also, the outer pane 1 is equipped with low reflection, easy to clean, self-cleaning and/or low emissivity coating on the outside to reduce exterior condensation. Other functional coatings may likewise be provided.
- the outer pane 1 is a solar control toughened glass having a thickness of 8 mm provided with a spectrally selective coating, yielding a solar direct transmittance x e ,outer according to EN 410 of 0.245 and a solar direct absorptance (pouter according to EN 410 of 0.45.
- the inner pane 2 may be a monolithic or composite glass having a thickness of at least 3 mm.
- the glass may be either etched or fully transparent.
- the inner pane could also be made from polymer or composites thereof.
- the inner pane 2 is to be selected according to occupant safety requirements.
- the inner pane 2 may be a one- or two-gap insulating glass unit.
- a suitable safety glass for use as the inner pane to could be formed by a toughened or chemically strengthened glass having a thickness of 6 mm, or a laminated glass of two glass panes each having a thickness of 4 mm or more, typically 6 mm or more, with PVB films stacked in between.
- the inner pane 2 may also have a low emissivity coating, which is formed by a special thin-film coating on the glass pane surface, such that thermal infrared radiation emission is reduced.
- the inner pane 2 may have a low reflection coating on one or both of its sides.
- the intermediate panes 4 are characterized by their solar direct absorptance a e ,i n ter according to EN 410. However, for the thermal behavior of the glass unit 10 as a whole, the optical properties of the two intermediate panes 4 closest to said outer pane 1 are of most importance.
- the solar direct absorptance a e ,mter of all intermediate panes in the form may be identical.
- av(a e ,inter) is 0.15 or less, preferably 0.11 or less, and most preferably 0.09 or less. With so little solar direct absorptance, excessive heating of intermediate panes can be prevented, even if four, five or even more chambers are employed.
- all of the intermediate panes 4 are formed by monolithic glass having a thickness of 2.1 mm. in other embodiments, the thickness may range from 1.9 to 4.0 mm, preferably 2.0 to 3.0 mm.
- the monolithic glass is a refined glass having a low content of iron oxides, which help in achieving the low absorptance.
- the intermediate panes 4 are equipped with a low emissivity coating having an emissivity ⁇ according to EN 410 in a range of 0.020 to 0.120, preferably in a range of 0.030 to 0.050, and most preferably in a range of 0.033 to 0.037.
- the coating is preferably one-sided. Note that currently, low emissivity coatings having an emissivity ⁇ of as low as approximately o.oi are available, and could be regarded as an attractive choice for lowering the U-values per gas gap, and consequently the U-value of the glass unit 10 as a whole.
- the intermediate panes 4 can have openings formed therein, or be simply made of a non-gastight material, such as a thin polymer film, which likewise allows for a gas exchange.
- the spacers 5 are chosen to provide a suitable distance between the outer, intermediate and inner panes 1, 4, 2.
- an optimum width of the spacers 5 is 18 to 20 mm.
- the insulating gas is mainly based on krypton
- the optimum chamber width is smaller, and the spacers 5 would have a width between 14 and 16 mm.
- the spacers 5 can be made from stainless steel. However, since the glass unit 10 of the invention allows for preventing excessive heating, plastic hybrid spacers 5 with metal gas barriers can likewise be used.
- Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, showing a multichamber gas- filled insulated glass unit 10 which is very similar to that of Fig. 1, and likewise comprises an outer pane 1, and inner pane 2, three intermediate panes 4, four spacers 5 and an edge sealant 6.
- the embodiment of Fig. 2 further comprises an open chamber 3.1 provided adjacent to the inner pane 2.
- the open chamber 3.1 allows for a pressure equalization with a surrounding atmosphere of the unit 10.
- a specific spacer 5.1 is provided which has an opening 4.2 allowing for the air exchange. Glass units employing this type of open chambers 3.1 are disclosed in EP 2 729 635 Bi.
- An intermediate pane 4.1 is provided, which separates the open chamber 3.1 from the group of sealed chambers 3. Since the intermediate pane 4.1 receives the pressure from the group of open chambers 3 upon expansion of the insulating gas, it will preferably be toughened.
- the optical properties of the outer pane 1 and the intermediate panes 4, 4.1 must be carefully chosen such that an overheating of the intermediate panes 4 is prevented, which overheating could cause failure of the intermediate panes 4, the edge sealant 6 and the butyl sealant.
- an excessive heating is expected, which is why insulating glass units with 4, 5 or even more chambers are generally unknown.
- An exception to this is the aforementioned multichamber gas-filled unit disclosed in EP 2729635 Bi having a group of 4 sealed chambers and one open chamber, wherein the open chamber allows for ameliorating thermal stress due to heating.
- the glass units 10 of figures l and 2 are specifically devised for applications in northern countries, where an upper bound for the thermal stress is assumed to occur at critical conditions that may be resembled by an outside temperature of 40°C, an inside temperature of 24°C and an insolation intensity of 783 W/m 2 .
- the optical properties of the components of the unit 10 must be chosen such that an excessive heating under these critical conditions is prevented, but it is per se not obvious which optical parameters specifically need to be considered, nor how they interact in the internal heating of the glass unit 10.
- the values for T e , 0 uter, a e ,outei-, av(a e ,imer) and the total number N of outer, inner and intermediate panes, as well as the thermal conductivity ⁇ of the insulating gas in the chambers 3 within the group of sealed chambers are chosen such that a parameter T, which is defined as:
- the 95 is smaller than the 95, preferably smaller than 90, more preferably smaller than 85 and most preferably smaller than 80.
- the parameter T can be regarded as an estimate of the peak temperature in °C among the intermediate panes employed in the unit. This has been confirmed by a large number of simulations of different constructions of glass units.
- the thermal stress to the panes 4, the butyl sealing and the edge sealing 6 is found to be tolerable, such that non-strengthened intermediate panes 4 and cheap sealing materials can be used, thereby keeping the total costs of the glass unit 10 low.
- the insulating glass unit 10 of Fig. 2 has a height of 1500 mm and a width of 1000 mm.
- the outer pane 1 is a solar control pane of 8 mm toughened glass, which on its inner side is coated with a spectrally selective coating with a solar direct transmission 'c e ,outer of 0.245 and a solar direct absorption a e ,outei of 0.45.
- the three intermediate panes 4 are polymer films having a solar direct absorption a e ,mter of 0.11 and a low emissivity coating with a corrected emissivity ⁇ of o.ll.
- the pane 4.1 separating the open chamber 3.1 from the adjacent sealed chamber 3 is formed by a 4 mm thick tempered float glass having a solar direct absorption a e ,mter of 0.15, and a low emissivity coating with an emissivity ⁇ of 0.034.
- the four sealed chambers 3 are each filled with a mixture of 90% argon and 10% air.
- foils 4 and glass panes i, 4.1, 5 a butyl sealant is provided. All spacers 5, 5.1 have a width of 20 mm.
- the entire unit is sealed with a 6 mm thick polysulfide edge sealant 6.
- the unit 10 as a whole has a U-value of 0.29 W/(m 2 K), a solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of 0.17 and a visible light transmission of 29%.
- SHGC solar heat gain coefficient
- the unit 10 was tested with the program Window 7.2.39 for the temperature distribution among the components of the unit 10 at the aforementioned "critical conditions" (insulation 783 W/m 2 , outside temperature 40°C with calm clear sky conditions, interior temperature 24°C), with the thermal calculations carried out according to ISO 15099 and NFRC insulation standard.
- the temperatures of the panes from outside pane 1 to inside pane 2 thus obtained were 64, 75, 71, 6o, 39, and 3i°C. In other words, the temperature of all intermediate panes was kept below 8o°C.
- a value of 73 is obtained, which is indeed very close to the peak temperature observed among the intermediate panes 4 at 75°C.
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L'invention concerne une unité de verre isolée remplie de gaz à chambres multiples (10), comprenant : une vitre externe (1) ayant une transmittance directe solaire Te,outer et un facteur d'absorption directe solaire αe,outer, une vitre interne (2), au moins trois chambres (3, 3.1) divisées par des vitres intermédiaires (4, 4.1), les deux vitres intermédiaires (4) les plus proches de ladite vitre externe (1) ayant une valeur moyenne av(αe,inter) de facteur d'absorption directe solaire αe,inter, lesdites chambres (3) comprenant un groupe de chambres rendues étanches (3) remplies d'un gaz isolant ayant une conductivité thermique de λ, les valeurs pour Te,outer, αe,outer, av(αe,inter) et le nombre total N de vitres externe, interne et intermédiaires (1, 2, 4, 4.1) étant choisies de telle sorte qu'un paramètre T, qui est défini comme suit : (formule) respecte T < 95, de préférence T < 90, et plus préférentiellement T < 85, et idéalement T < 80.
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