A 90% Reduction In Thickness For Equal Thermal Performance? Why Vacuum-Insulation Panels Offer Better Thermal Insulation

Price and brand matter when selecting insulation materials, but thermal performance itself is after all the cornerstone.

Let's start with a real-world scenario.

Proposals for a pipeline renovation project at a chemical plant were rejected for insulation thickness.

The 200mm pipeline used 100 mm rock wool for insulation, which incurred a series of problems: insufficient space in the corridor, excessive load capacity of support structures, and inadequate spacing between adjacent pipes.

This is not an isolated case. In the industrial insulation application, the entrenched belief that thickness does not matter might not always work out.

So, is there a way to achieve the required thermal insulation performance while significantly reducing the thickness of the insulation layer for this project?

The answer is yes, but first, we wish to introduce three key thermodynamic parameters if you were unfamiliar with them.