1. KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN Dhahran, Saudi Arabia THERMAL AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF INSULATION FOR SAUDI BUILDINGS By Dr. A. Al-Hammad

2. INTRODUCTION Under grant from King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, a research team from Architectural Engineering Program conducted a study on " Thermal And Economic Performance of Insulation for Saudi Arabian buildings “. KF UPM

3. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY To develop information regarding thermal and economic performance of insulation materials and assemblies for use in Saudi Arabian buildings. KF UPM

4. Approach of the Study KF UPM Extensive Review of Survey of Saudi Building Material Literature Costs as well as common wall or roof assemblies Simulation Studies Monitoring Studies Define Typical Saudi Villa Construct a Building Facility for Field Testing Use DOE Program to make Simulation runs Choose and construct 14 Wall Panels and 10 for different Wall and Roof Assemblies with Roof Panels of most Saudi Common or without insulation materials Assemblies including Temperature and Heat Flow Sensors Install a PC computer to store, read, and show temperature and heat flows data Install a computerized data acquisition for generated from the test panels system for use with the test panels

5. MONITORING TEST FACILITIES A / C 1 M A / C N KF UPM n A - General layout of insulation test panel building SPARE ROOM ( NOT USED ) MATERIALS STORAGE ROOM WORKING TABLES DATA ROOF PANELS ( ABOVE ) ACQUISITION FRONT ROOM EQUIPMENT REAR ROOM ENTRY WALL PANELS WALL PANELS

6. MONITORING TEST FACILITIES KF UPM n B - Wall panels 1 -Location of the wall panels 2 -Cross -section of the wall panels 0.5750 0.6000 13 10 9 6 3 2 1 1.7500 14 12 11 8 7 4 3 0.3000 0.4500 1.4750 Appendix A shows the cross section of the wall panels.

7. MONITORING TEST FACILITIES KF UPM n C - Roof panels 1 -Location of the roof panels 2 -Cross-section of the roof panels 9 10 MTL CONC. 1 2 3 4 North 6 5 HOR. 7 8 BUILDING KEY PLAN HOR. Appendix B shows the cross section of the roof panels.

8. THE TEST ROOM AT KFUPM-ROOFS

9. WALL PANELS –OUTSIDE VIEWS

10. THE TEST ROOM AT KFUPM-WALLS

11. ENLARGED WALL PANELS-1

12. ENLAGED WALL PANELLS-2

13. ENLAGED WALL PANELS-3

14. WALL PANELS INSIDE VIEWS

15. WALL AND ROOF PANELS INSIDE VIEWS

16. ROOF PANELS INSIDE VIEWS

17. Data Acquisition Systems Temperature and heat flow sensors about 159 from wall and roof panels Data Acquisition System Through an embedded program called DATAC, it can perform * timing function --> timing reading, interval between reading * control data files * call for specific channel access * convert voltage values to temperature or heat flow values PC Computer and monitor make each 15 minutes reading and record of data for all the sensors for the whole year * Heat flow measurement for each wall or roof panel * Measurement of temperatures gradient for each panel Heat flow sample Sample of the result Temperature sample KF UPM

18. DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS

19. COMPUTER READING VIEWS

20. WALL-1 CROSS SECTION

21. ROOF-1 CROSS SECTION

22. ROOF-2 CROSS SECTION

23. SAMPLE OF HEAT FLOW ANALYSIS FOR WALL PANELS l Month of July Net Heat Flow Comparison for Walls K F U P M

24. SAMPLE OF HEAT FLOW ANALYSIS FOR ROOF PANELS l Month of July Net Heat Flow Comparison for Roofs K F U P M

25. Wall 1 Temperature Profile at July 17, 1990 SAMPLE OF TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS

26. Wall 2 Temperature Profile at July 17, 1990 SAMPLE OF TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS

27. Roof 1 Temperature Profile at July 17, 1990 SAMPLE OF TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS

28. Roof 2 Temperature Profile at July 17, 1990 SAMPLE OF TEMPERATURE ANALYSIS

29. Department of Architectural Engineering College of Environmental Design For more information, please visit, or call: (03) 860-3581 THANK YOU For more information, please visit, or call: (03) 860-3581 THANK YOU