Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel

Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel is a new, high-efficiency insulation product featuring five to 10 times better thermal resistance than conventional insulation materials. Under normal usage, Dow Corning Vacuum Insulation Panel is predicted to maintain more than 80% of its thermal performance after 30 years. This makes the thin-profile insulation panel technology ideal for a wide range of applications, and it is already proven in appliances and transport containers.

Created to maximize usable floor area and provide high thermal performance, Dow Corning Vacuum Insulation Panel, which is silver (aluminum) in color, offers good compressive strength, good fire rating performance and very high R-value (up to R-39/inch).

Potential Benefits• Create slim wall constructions with high

R-value performance

• Significantly increase thermal resistance in space-limited situations

• Enable new design possibilities for zero-energy buildings

• Delay or eliminate need for triple-glazed windows

• Contribute to ASHRAE 90.1 performance requirements through energy modeling

• Contribute to green building rating systems such as LEED® – Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel has up to 95% pre-consumer recycled content in its core and post-consumer recycled content in its package

Product FormsDow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panels are available in a variety of standard rectangular shapes and sizes:• Thickness: 0.25-1.5 in (6.3-38 mm)

• Width and length: Up to 24 x 36 in (600 x 900 mm)

• Thin panel minimum bend radius: 6x panel thickness

Custom, nonrectangular shapes also are possible.

Slender-profile, high-efficiency insulation system

Figure 1. Construction of Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel.

Consider the Potential

• What new design possibilities are opened by a high R-value in a slim space?

• What existing issues may be eased by a high R-value in a slim space?

• What future designs can benefit from maximized usable floor area and high thermal performance?

High-performance inorganic core material

Core bag

Aluminized multilayer barrier

Thermal welded seam

Figure 3. Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel can be produced in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.

P R E L I M I N A R Y P R O D U C T I N F O R M A T I O N

D E V E L O P M E N T A L P R O D U C T

Figure 2. Comparative R-value per inch.

AV18113

39.0

5.5 5.0 4.8 3.5

45.040.035.030.025.020.015.010.0

5.00.0

Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation PanelPolyisocyanurate

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)Fiberglass Batts

Extruded Polystyrene (XPS)

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The information contained herein is offered in good faith and is believed to be accurate. However, because conditions and methods of use of our products are beyond our control, this information should not be used in substitution for customer’s tests to ensure that our products are safe, effective and fully satisfactory for the intended end use. Suggestions of use shall not be taken as inducements to infringe any patent.

Dow Corning’s sole warranty is that our products will meet the sales specifications in effect at the time of shipment.

Your exclusive remedy for breach of such warranty is limited to refund of purchase price or replacement of any product shown to be other than as warranted.

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Insulation Material Information1

Limitations• Careful handling is required to avoid damage• Cutting panels will cause loss of vacuum and core material• Loss of internal vacuum from damage or aging will result in

increase of panel thermal conductivity to levels approximating aerogel insulation

The Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel (“VIP”) is a developmental product. User understands and acknowledges that VIP is subject to constant change and accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Determination as to the suitability or use of VIP is the sole responsibility of the recipient. VIP is provided AS IS, WITH ALL FAULTS, AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

For More InformationDow Corning Vacuum Insulation Panel is a developmental product under development at Dow Corning. Contact your Dow Corning sales representative to learn more.

Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel

Core Fumed SilicaTypical Thermal Conductivity, BTU/(hr*ft*F) [W/(m*K)]

0.00213[0.00369]

R-Value, (hr*ft2*F)/BTU*in) [(m2*K)/(W*mm)] At 1 in (25 mm)

39[6.9]

U-Value at 1 in (25 mm), BTU/(hr*ft2*F) [W/(m2*K)]

0.0256[0.145]

Minimum Thickness to Achieve Passivhaus (U < 0.15), in [mm]

1.0 [25.4]

Bulk Density, lb/Ft3 [kg/m3] 9.5-18[150-300]

Maximum Service Temperature, °F [°C] 176[80]

Compressive Stress at 10% Deformation, psi [kPa]

6.53-17.40[45-120]

Reaction to Fire (ASTM E84-10) Flamespread Index 25 Smoke Developed Index

20

1Thermal conductivity varies by specific grade of insulation for any given material family. Values shown represent typical values and are only provided for general comparison of families.

Figure 4. Insulation performance and Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel: Comparative thickness to achieve U-value target (Passivhaus U-value ≤ 0.15, or R-value ≥ 38).

Si-core Dow Corning® Vacuum Insulation Panel*

0 2" 4" 6" 8" 10" 12" 14" 16"

Aerogel Blanket*

Phenolic*

Polyisocyanurate &Polyurethane

ExpandedPolystyrene (EPS)

Mineral & Glass Wools

0.10 0.15 0.20U-value

* = “Thin insulations” Thermal conductivity varies by specific grade of insulation for any given material family. Values shown represent typical values and are only provided for general comparison of families. Insulation prices vary within and across countries and regions.