Sentence examples for thermal break from inspiring English sources
noun
A thermal insulator placed between two thermal conductors to reduce the flow of heat; often used in aluminum doors and windows.
Mor Berebi, the president of S.O.S. Garage Doors in Elmsford, N.Y., said that the best insulated doors are steel with a polyurethane foam core and a thermal break between the front and the back of the door.
A thermal break is a piece of nonconductive material sandwiched between the front and the back of the door, preventing a cold exterior face from making the interior face cold, too.
The particular case-study of thermal break elements used for sustainable buildings is explored.
The thermal and mechanical performances of a simple thermal break are analysed.
These mockups will be subjected to high heat flux testing to further demonstrate the viability of the Thermal Break concept.
Under the European DEMO programme, a promising concept known as Thermal Break has been developed at CCFE.
Energetically weak points in thermally insulated building envelopes are formed by thermal breaks that are implemented to structurally connect external balconies to internal slabs.
Engineers solved that problem by designing "thermal breaks" and may seek a patent for the process, said Yury Gelman, a senior engineer with Sigmund Soudack.
In North America balcony slabs with thermal breaks are uncommon among the current residential stock.
Current thermal breaks comprise stainless steel bars that penetrate the insulation layer and thus cause significant thermal losses.
The effects of thermal breaks in the reflector, incident insolation direction and intensity, and mirror reflectivity on system efficiency are also explored in the chapter.
