Table 6.
Comparison between the actual temperature and the estimated temperature in Type II wall specimen
Position | Actual temperature(°C) | Estimated temperature(°C) |
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 |
Interior air | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 |
Interior surface | 24.00 | 25.00 | 23.13 | 24.06 |
Wallboard | 19.50 | 21.76 | 20.12 | 21.99 |
Inner-layer insulation | 18.60 | 18.16 | 16.52 | 18.39 |
Inside surface | - | 18.16 | 16.52 | 17.45 |
Vapour barrier | - | 17.98 | 16.34 | 17.27 |
Mid-layer insulation | -13.00 | -10.43 | -12.07 | -11.13 |
Inside surface | - | -10.43 | -12.07 | -12.07 |
OSB | -14.10 | -11.22 | -12.86 | -12.86 |
House wrap | - | -14.40 | -16.04 | -16.04 |
Outer-layer insulation | -18.10 | -18.00 | -19.64 | -19.64 |
Exterior surface | -19.50 | -20.00 | -20.00 | -20.00 |
Exterior air | -20.00 | -20.00 | -20.00 | -20.00 |