TY - JOUR
TI - Key design features of multi-vacuum glazing for windows: A review
AU - Ali Hassan
AU - Hayat Nasir
AU - Farukh Farukh
AU - Imran Shahid
AU - Kamran Muhammad Sajid
AU - Ali Hafiz Muhammad
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2017
VL - 21
IS - 6
SP - 2673
EP - 2687
PT - Article
AB - The use of vacuum glazed windows is increasing due to their application in mod-ern building design. Among various types of vacuum glazed windows reported in literature, thermal transmittance of single glass sheet (conventional window) i. e 6 W/m2k is reduced by 66 and 77% using air filled double glazed and air filled triple glazed windows, respectively. Using low emittance coatings thermal transmittance of double glazed windows is reduced by 53%, however it offsets the visibility by reduc-ing light transmittance by 5%. Stresses due to temperature/pressure gradients if not eliminated may lead to reduction in service life of vacuum glazed windows. Vacuum created between the glass sheets is used to reduce conductive heat transfer. Degrada-tion in the vacuum is caused by number of factors such as, permeation of gaseous molecules through glass sheets, leakage through sealing, thermal/optical desorption, and photo-fragmentation of organic species have been critically reviewed and future trends are outlined.