Hygrothermal optimisation of an innovative, natural insulation material

Type: Simulation & experiment

Start: immediately

Duration: approx. 6 months

Supervision: Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr Michele Bianchi Janetti

The project

In this master's thesis, a new, ecological building material is being developed and its use as diffusion-open interior insulation or in combination with vapour barriers is being optimised. Suitable numerical models (heat and moisture transport models) are used to analyse the influence of the material composition and structure on its macroscopic material properties (Fig. 1). This allows the optimum configuration in terms of favourable heat and moisture transport to be determined. By changing the material composition during production, the material structure is to be adapted to the optimum configuration resulting from the simulations. The optimised material properties obtained are subsequently verified by measurement (Fig. 2).

If you are interested, please contact:

Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr Michele Bianchi Janetti
Faculty of Engineering Sciences, AB Energy Efficient Building
Michele.Janetti@uibk.ac.at