Titre : |
Cool interiors in hot summer days : Application of infrared reflecting coatings |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Indrajit Banerjee, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2008 |
Article en page(s) : |
p. 89-94 |
Note générale : |
Bibliogr. |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Catégories : |
Pigments inorganiques Rayonnement infrarouge Réflectivité thermique
|
Index. décimale : |
667.2 Colorants et pigments |
Résumé : |
In tropical countries, during the hot summer days, as the surrounding temperature rises the solar heat absorbed by the walls of buildings is conducted into the interiors making them uncomfortable to live. Ordinary paints, apart from whites, do not have the capacity to protect the substrate from heat accumulation and consequent conduction. However a new generation coating system formulated with Complex Inorganic Colour Pigments (CICP) actually cut-off this heat. They are infrared reflecting pigments and can reflect IR radiation incident on them to a great extent. Room temperature of buildings whose exteriors are coated with these paints is found to be lower by 40-60. This saves energy (in form of air-conditioner bills). The foregoing paper discussed in brief the principle of heat reflection by these CICPs, their usage and method of evaluating the same. |
Note de contenu : |
- Infrared reflecting coatings
- Advantages : IR reflecting coating benefits (general benefits, roofing benefits)
- Infrared reflecting pigments
- Evaluating infrared reflecting pigments
- Handling of IRR pigments : Dispersion - Blending - Role of substrate in IRR coating's performance. |
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in PAINTINDIA > Vol. LVIII, N° 1 (01/2008) . - p. 89-94