Moisture buffering of innovative internal walls


Vol. 540 (8) 2017 / poniedziałek, 29 października, 2018

(in Polish)

D. Kaczorek,
B. Pietruszka

DOI: 10.15199/33.2017.08.10

Volume 540; Issue 8
Pages 35-37

Accepted for publication: 22.06.2017 r.

In this paper, the results of Moisture Buffering Test (MBV) of the internal walls with a range of different internal and external layers, made from renewable, hygroscopic row materials were presented. All of the investigated wall assemblies, with varying moisture loads in the range (50 – 80%), showed “good” moisture buffering value in relation to the buffer class proposed by Rode [11]. The presented results confirmed that the moisture buffer potential of the assemblies is influenced by used materials especially theirs material composition and structure.
Keywords: moisture buffering, hygroscopic materials, hygrothermal measurements.
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Dobrosława Kaczorek, Ph. D. Eng. - Institute of Building Technology, Department of Thermal Physics, Acoustics and the Environment

dr Barbara Pietruszka, Ph. D - Institute of Building Technology, Department of Thermal Physics, Acoustics and the Environment

Dobrosława Kaczorek, Ph. D. Eng.

d.kaczorek@itb.pl

Full paper is available at Publisher house SIGMA-NOT Sp. z o.o. webpage

DOI: 10.15199/33.2017.08.10