Insulation including phase change materials
AssigneeOwens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
InventorsAlexander Lohse, David DeCarolis, Toni Newsome
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Abstract
An insulation product demonstrating enhanced insulative properties is described herein. Generally, the insulation product comprises a fibrous insulation component and a phase change material. In certain embodiments, the phase change material may take the form of a layer disposed on a surface of the fibrous insulation component or interposed within the fibrous insulation component.
Claims20
An insulation product comprising:
- a fibrous insulation component made up of a plurality of randomly oriented fibers;
- and
- a phase change material having a transition temperature of from 0° C. to 40° C. in an amount of 1% to 90% by weight of the insulation product.
The insulation product of claim 4, wherein the phase change material is present in an amount of 0.05 lb/ft2 to 1 lb/ft2.
A method of producing an insulation product, the method comprising:
- providing a fibrous insulation component made up of a plurality of fibers, and contacting the fibrous insulation component with a phase change material to form an insulation product, wherein the phase change material is present in an amount of 1% to 90% by weight of the insulation product.
A method of insulating a building, the method comprising:
- providing a fibrous insulation material;
- positioning a phase change material adjacent to the fibrous insulation material within a wall assembly;
- installing the fibrous insulation material with the phase change material in a wall assembly;
- wherein the phase change material is selected from a paraffin and a salt hydrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.