Project:

Aim/Objective
The project should aim on cost-effective manufacturing of insulation board
(diffusion plate/ F board), easy to install (renovation/first install) and safe in use.
Temperature distribution on the Aluminium sheet of the insulation board will be
analysed in order to find the effective gap between pipes. This can be further
used for many analyses like efficient gap length between two flow, heat loss
nature.

To design cost effective insulation board (assembly of F-board and

aluminium) for hydronic heating system.
To measure temperature gradient (Heat distribution) on the Aluminium
plate on insulation board to determine the effective(efficient) distance
between pipes.
Critical requirements
1. Should focus on manufacturing of insulation board taking care of cost, safety
and flexibility to install.
2. Manufacturing Method of Aluminium Plate (Diffusion plate)
i. Standard dimension of the Diffusion plate.
ii. Best channel design for pipes (shape of channel).
iii. Design Gripping part for joining the diffusion plate with XPS25
iv. Specifying perfect joining agent between aluminium and XPS.
3. Method and tools for Channel formation in XPS and guiding mechanism for
easy installation
4. Easy to handle and Easy to install system

Method
Insulation board consists of two main components namely Diffusion plate
(Aluminium) and XPS which are assembled together by gripping mechanism and
glue. Different possible design will be generated in CATIA Sheet metal
workbench. In order to assemble diffusion plate with XPS channels should be
made. Methods and tools to produce such channels will be formulated.
In order to calculate the effective gap between pipes temperature will be
measured in between two hot flow by temperature sensor. The position is
arranged as shown in the above figure. Arrangement on Left hand side of the
figure is the beginning of the insulation board and other section is the end where
measurement of temperature will be done in same manner.
Temperature measurement reading will be analysed to complete the objective
and further analysis on heat loss nature will be studied.
Material:

Polystyrene insulation
Aluminium sheet
Hydronic flow pipe
 Temperature sensor
A/D converter
Glue
Metal Bender
Tools to cut XPS and Metal pipe.

Cost price for the insulation system available:

DIFFUSION PLATE SYSTEM