Analysis of Heat Reduction through Technique Roof Using Innovative Insulation Technique

Abstract

Buildings have a significant and continuously increasing impact on the environment. The power consumption for comfortable housing is ever increasing, which is adding additional burden to the power crisis of the world. The main objective of this project is to reduce the heat transfer through the building roof by providing thermal insulation, thereby reducing the heat load on the building. Moreover, if the building is to be air-conditioned then effective thermal insulation will reduce the power consumption drastically and saves lot of energy consumption. New innovative type of insulation is proposed in this work to reduce the heat transfer through roof structure by using seashells and coconut shells. The coconut shells and seashells layer along with normal tiles will provide very good thermal insulation and it will maintain low roof bottom surface temperature when compared with the normal conventional concrete roof without insulation. Two identical experimental rooms were constructed on the top of the college mechanical engineering department block and were instrumented with thermocouple and RTD along with data logger for obtaining continuous experimental results. The amount of heat reduction provided by the insulated roof structure was calculated using the analytical method. Then the cooling load requirement for airconditioning and the corresponding energy cost per year was calculated for the new CAD lab of the mechanical engineering department. The result showed the huge energy savings potential for this innovative thermal insulation technique. The electricity savings obtained is around 39.7%. when compared with the conventional concrete roof. This innovative technique for providing thermal insulation to the building is more affordable and comfortable for living.