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Moisture Durability Assessment of Selected Well-Insulated Wall Assemblies ORNL/TM-2015/645 Moisture Durability Assessment of Selected Well-insulated Wall Assemblies Simon Pallin, PhD Philip Boudreaux Manfred Kehrer Diana E. Hun, PhD Roderick K. Jackson, PhD André O. Desjarlais December 2015 Approved for public release. Distribution is unlimited. DOCUMENT AVAILABILITY Reports produced after January 1, 1996, are generally available free via US Department of Energy (DOE) SciTech Connect. Website http://www.osti.gov/scitech/ Reports produced before January 1, 1996, may be purchased by members of the public from the following source: National Technical Information Service 5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, VA 22161 Telephone 703-605-6000 (1-800-553-6847) TDD 703-487-4639 Fax 703-605-6900 E-mail [email protected] Website http://www.ntis.gov/help/ordermethods.aspx Reports are available to DOE employees, DOE contractors, Energy Technology Data Exchange representatives, and International Nuclear Information System representatives from the following source: Office of Scientific and Technical Information PO Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN 37831 Telephone 865-576-8401 Fax 865-576-5728 E-mail [email protected] Website http://www.osti.gov/contact.html This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. ORNL/TM-2015/645 Energy and Transportation Science Division MOISTURE DURABILITY ASSESSMENT OF SELECTED WELL-INSULATED WALL ASSEMBLIES Simon Pallin, PhD Philip Boudreaux Manfred Kehrer Diana E. Hun, PhD Roderick K. Jackson, PhD André O. Desjarlais Date Published: December 2015 Prepared by OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6283 managed by UT-BATTELLE, LLC for the US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ vii 1. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................. 1 2. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 2 3. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 2 3.1 AIR LEAKAGE IN WALLS ...................................................................................................... 3 3.2 SIMULATION OF AIR LEAKAGE IN WUFI.......................................................................... 6 3.3 SIMULATION APPROACH ..................................................................................................... 6 3.3.1 Performance Indicator .................................................................................................... 8 3.3.2 Outdoor Climate............................................................................................................. 8 3.3.3 Indoor Climate ............................................................................................................... 8 3.3.4 Air Flow inside the Wall .............................................................................................. 12 4. RESULTS ........................................................................................................................................... 16 4.1 WALL ASSEMBLY 1 .............................................................................................................. 16 4.2 WALL ASSEMBLY 2 .............................................................................................................. 19 5. CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................................ 21 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................... 22 APPENDIX A. ............................................................................................................................................ 25 APPENDIX B. ............................................................................................................................................ 29 iii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Response to air leakage at steady state conditions for temperature and water vapor pressure at four locations inside an arbitrary air leakage path. ........................................................ 4 Figure 2. Steady state conditions for relative humidity at four locations inside an arbitrary air leakage path with varying air flow rates. ......................................................................................... 5 Figure 3. A comparison between WUFI 2D and WUFI 1D reveals that the 1D tool is capable of simulating air leakage at any location inside the air leakage path. .................................................. 6 Figure 4. General design of the two wall assemblies in this study. .............................................................. 7 Figure 5. EnergyPlus simulation model house. ............................................................................................. 9 Figure 6. Probabilistic distribution of indoor moisture generation in homes as a function of household members. ...................................................................................................................... 10 Figure 7. Variation in air leakage area by converting ACH50 from the LBNL Residential Diagnostics Database (LBNL 2015). ............................................................................................. 12 Figure 8. Moisture leaks in a wall due to infiltration. ................................................................................. 13 Figure 9. Moisture leaks in wall due to exfiltration. ................................................................................... 14 Figure 10. The larger chart depicts the fraction of air leakage in walls resulting in a potential moisture leak. ................................................................................................................................. 15 Figure 11. Design air leakage rates to evaluate hygrothermal performance of walls due to air leakage. .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Figure 12. Hygrothermal performances for wall assembly 1, based on the mold growth index. Left, Houston; middle, New York; right, Minneapolis. ................................................................. 17 Figure 13. Correlation analysis for wall assembly 1 in the climate of Houston, TX. ................................. 18 Figure 14. Correlation analyses for wall assembly 1 in the climate of New York City and Minneapolis. .................................................................................................................................. 19 Figure 15. Hygrothermal performances for wall assembly 2, based on a mold growth indicator (MGI). Left, Chicago; middle, Anchorage; right, Minneapolis. .................................................... 20 Figure 16. Correlation analyses for wall assembly 2 in the climate of Chicago, Minneapolis, and Anchorage. ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 17. A comparison between 1D and 2D steady-state solutions for heat exchange in an air channel. .......................................................................................................................................... 26 Figure 18. HAM penetration chambers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. .............................................. 29 Figure 19. Wall specimen with thermocouples and relative humidity sensors located at multiple points. ............................................................................................................................................. 29 Figure 20. Validation of the proposed η-method agrees well with measurements. .................................... 30 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Total R-value of the two wall designs used in this study ................................................................ 7 Table 2. Mold growth index .......................................................................................................................... 8 Table 3. Input values for EnergyPlus model to simulate indoor climate
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