Recycling COR-TEN® Sea Containers into Service Modules for Military Applications: Thermal Analysis

Ulloa, Carlos; Arce, Elena; Rey, Guillermo; Mı́guez, J.L.; Hernández, José Luis García

doi:10.3390/en10060820

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“…Most of SCs are made of weathering steel or corten steel, which ensures a high corrosion resistance [3,8,26]. (The exception is profile DCP which is made with SM50YA steel.)…”

Section: Structure and Aperturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thermal Performance Assessment of Shipping Container Architecture in Hot and Humid Climates

Elrayies¹

2017

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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The reuse of shipping containers (SCs) in architecture has grown in popularity worldwide. However, few studies have focused on the thermal performance of buildings constructed with the use of refurbished SCs in hot and humid climates. This paper intends to (1) present a foundation for the understanding of environmental issues related to container-based buildings (CBBs) and (2) assess the thermal performance of CBBs in Port Said, a hot and humid region. To meet those targets, this paper first highlights the literature concerning such construction systems to identify gaps in related research areas. Second, this paper presents a comparative analysis of six simulation models, including a conventional building as a base model, an uninsulated SC, and four externally insulated SCs with four different thermal insulation materials: rock wool, wool, closed-cell spray polyurethane foam (ccSPF), and straw. The paper concludes that thermal insulation is irreplaceable in SCs reused as habitable spaces and that the most compatible thermal insulation for CBBs in the hot and humid climate of Port Said is ccSPF. Whereas straw performs more effectively than ccSPF as a cooler in the summer, it performs less effectively as a heater in the winter.

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“…Most of SCs are made of weathering steel or corten steel, which ensures a high corrosion resistance [3,8,26]. (The exception is profile DCP which is made with SM50YA steel.)…”

Section: Structure and Aperturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Thermal Performance Assessment of Shipping Container Architecture in Hot and Humid Climates

Elrayies¹

2017

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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“…The prediction of breast cancer via thermal imaging and thermal analysis is a future research direction that should be explored further [26,27,28,29,30,31].…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Breast Cancer Estimate Modeling via PDE Thermal Analysis Algorithms

Park

Yang

2018

Bioengineering

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The significance of this study lies in the importance of (1) nondestructive testing in defect studies and (2) securing the reliability of breast cancer prediction through thermal analysis in nondestructive testing. Most nondestructive tests have negative effects on the human body. Moreover, the precision and accuracy of such tests are poor. This study analyzes these drawbacks and increases the reliability of such methods. A theoretical model was constructed, by which simulated inner breast tissue was observed in a nondestructive way through thermal analysis, and the presence and extent of simulated breast cancer were estimated based on the thermal observations. Herein, we studied the medical diagnosis of breast cancer by creating a theoretical environment that simulated breast cancer in a real-world setting; the model used two-dimensional modeling and partial differential equation (PDE) thermal analysis. Our theoretical analysis, based on partial differential equations, allowed us to demonstrate that non-wounding defect detection is possible and, in many ways, preferable. The main contribution of this paper lies in studying long-term estimates. In addition, the model in this study can be extended to predict breast cancer through pure heat and can also be used for various other cancer and tumor analyses in the human body.

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“…Regarding plug-in or flexible modular units, no studies on thermal comfort assessment have been found in literature; nonetheless, few ones about thermal analysis, which are closely related to thermal comfort assessment, have been listed. Ulloa et al [24] realized a study on standard 20-foot equivalent unit (TEU) shipping containers made of COR-TEN® steel, reused as service modules (first aid module, shower module and refrigeration module) in the area of humanitarian help or social emergency. The purpose of the study was to estimate the peak for the heating and cooling demands in order to choose the adequate HVAC system for the modules.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Summertime Overheating Risk Assessment of a Flexible Plug-In Modular Unit in Luxembourg

2020

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Modular buildings offer faster construction process, provide better construction quality, allow reducing construction waste and are potentially flexible. Frames of modular units can be made of metal, timber, concrete or mixed materials but lightweight structures do not always allow erecting high-rise buildings and generally present a higher risk of overheating and/or overcooling. To reconcile these pros and cons, a typology of modular building called Slab was designed by a group of architects. The building is composed on the one hand of a permanent concrete structure named shelf-structure and on the other hand of several flexible removable timber modular units, also known as modules. The shelf-structure will host the common utility rooms and will serve as docking infrastructure for the housing modules. To provide high flexibility, the Slab building was designed to adapt to any orientation and location in Luxembourg. An energy concept and a HVAC systems design has been developed for the Slab building. Furthermore, a two-fold sustainability analysis was carried out. The first part of the analysis regards the determination of the minimum required wall thicknesses of the modules in accordance with Luxembourgish regulatory requirements, although the current regulation does not yet consider the Slab building typology. The second part, which is the subject of this paper, is thermal comfort assessment, more precisely, summertime overheating risk assessment of these modules, in compliance with Luxembourgish standard. In this regard, dynamic thermal simulations have been realized on two module variants; the first fulfills the passive house requirements, and the second—the current requirements for building permit application, which in principle corresponds to low energy house requirements. Simulations showed that with adequate solar shading and reinforced natural ventilation by window opening, overheating risk could be avoided for the normal residential use scenario for both module variants.

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Recycling COR-TEN® Sea Containers into Service Modules for Military Applications: Thermal Analysis

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Thermal Performance Assessment of Shipping Container Architecture in Hot and Humid Climates

Thermal Performance Assessment of Shipping Container Architecture in Hot and Humid Climates

Breast Cancer Estimate Modeling via PDE Thermal Analysis Algorithms

Summertime Overheating Risk Assessment of a Flexible Plug-In Modular Unit in Luxembourg

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