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Non-Metallic Duct Board
U.P.Twiga Fiberglass Ltd.
AIC Tech
14
th
Sep.2013

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Purpose of A HVAC Duct
To carry conditioned air from AHU to conditioned place without
gaining much temperature/loosing energy.
To deliver noise free air.
To maintain quantity (flow rate) and quality of conditioned air:
-Minimum leakage,
-Minimum frictional loss,
- Minimum pressure loss
- No contamination
All these above parameter can be met with Metallic and Non
metallic HVAC ducts subjected to proper installation.

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How non metallic duct helps better
High level of thermal and acoustic insulation according to required
standards what conventional systems with lower thickness of
insulation cannot achieve.
Minimize leakage rate (< 1%, 80% better than Metal duct) hence
provide better energy conservation.
Duct fabrication and insulation in one single operation.
Speedy execution with minimum wastage.
Small modifications can be accommodated in fast and effective
manner.
Non Metallic insulated duct system is technologically more
advanced and provide efficient ducting envelope in comparison
to conventional metal ducting system.

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Agenda
Non metallic duct
Product Features
Application Features
Performance
Summary

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Non metallic duct
Long insulation boards (typically 3 m) converted to rectangular ducts
with the help of specially designed tools. Insulation material either
High density Glass wool or Plastic foams suitably laminated with
multilayer facings on both faces.
Outer face is tough/reinforced and inner face is without
reinforcement, designed to have grooving operation easily.
Straight Duct modules can be joined through male-female edges to
make longer ducts.
External faces are cut/joined differently to produce Elbow, Offset,
reducer.
One or more elbow, straight ducts etc are cut and joined accordingly
to produce- r-joint, triple-joint, and other complicated duct network.

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Product Features: Duct joints
Ship-lap joint to join
two straight duct
module.
Perfect sealing
Least leakage rate

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Product Features-Laminations
Integrated
Lamination
options.
Sometimes
multicolor options.
External side-
Aluminum foil/
decorative
laminations
Internal side-
Aluminum or Black
glass cloth Textile

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Application Feature-Straight Duct Method
(SDM)
Single piece ducting- only one joint
length wise.
Multiple pieces for higher
dimension duct. (external
perimeter>3m).
Wastage reduction is done by
joining cut pieces from duct boards
to make complete duct.
Red
point
Red
point
Red
point
Blue
point
Blue
point
Red
point
Blue point tool to cut chair-
shape joints and leave a
flap for duct closure.
Red point tool to cut chair-
shape joints in order to fold
duct boards to 90`.
Black point tool to cut
shiplaps for flat pieces
fabrication.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
B
Two pieces in
-L- duct
-U- single piece and
flat piece duct
Single piece
duct
Four pieces
duct
B
B
B
B
B
B

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Application Feature- Sealing
Stapling and Taping in
Straight duct module
and joining of two
modules together.
Adhesive and Taping
for Elbow, Offset
All joints are inspected
from inside.
Curing time need to be
provided before going
for test/operation.

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Application Feature- Straight duct to Other
shapes
External
guidelines to
help proper
cutting at 22.5
o
No/minimum
wastage
Elbow, Offset,
r-joint, triple
joint, double
offset etc.

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Application Feature-Reinforcement, metal
profiles, fittings
H-profile to join
grill/diffuser.
All sort of metallic
air supply
components can be
fitted with non
metallic ducts with
the help of profiles.
Reinforcement for
bigger sized ducts
at certain pitch.
2
3
4
1.- CLIMAVER duct
2.- U-shaped profile
3. Sheet metal screws
4.- Metal plate
1
C
L
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A
V
E
R
C
L
IM
A
V
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R
C
L
IM
V
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R

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Network with Non metallic ducts

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Performance
Thermal
Acoustic
Fire
Stiffness and Pressure
Pressure Loss and Leakage
Limitations

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Thermal Performance
Thermal Conductivity <=0.032 W/m.K
Thermal Resistance(25mm)
>= 0.75 sq.m.K/W
ECBC/ASHRAE compliant.
6-19 mm thick insulation does not comply ECBC. Non
metallic ducts have 41 % more thermal resistance.
Insulation efficiency (U-value improvement) of non metallic
ducts : 28% w.r.t 19mm thick insulated metal ducts

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Acoustic Performance
ACOUSTICAL ABSORPTION (dB/ m)
Duct 400 x 500 mm
Frequency (Hz)
125 250 500 1.000 2.000 4.000
Metal duct no insulation /Foam duct 0.07 0.07 0.19 0.19 0.1 0.07
Metal duct External insulation 50 mm 0.14 0.14 0.38 0.38 0.2 0.14
Non metallic fiberglass duct with
aluminum lining
1.26 1.26 1.26 4.99 3.97 3.01
Non metallic fiberglass duct with textile
lining
1.67 4.99 5.52 8.86 9.45 8.86

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Fire Performance( glass wool ducts)
Ducts made of inorganic glass fiber insulation
is incombustible in nature.
Minimum/Zero smoke emission.
No incandescent droplets.
Complies/Supersede International
Mechanical Code- limited spread of fire/
flame/toxic fumes.
Unlike rubber/polyethylene based external
insulation it is completely safe at core and
least potential to fire hazard.

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Stiffness and Pressure
Stiffness:
Class R5 according to EN-13403
(MAXIMUM LEVEL)
Tested in accordance with EN-
13403
Pressure:
Ductboards can stand pressure up
to 800 Pa with no evidence of
breaks(Tested at 2000 Pa,
derated by 2.5)
Tested in accordance with EN-
13403
Classification for board stiffness
Stiffness class Flexural rigidity [EI] N
mm2
R 1 55,000
R 2 90,000
R 3 160,000
R 4 200,000
R 5 300,000

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Pressure Drops and Leakage
Similar to Metal ducts owing to
its aluminum facing based
surface backed with rigid and
flat insulation boards .
ASHRAE charts for metal
ducts can be consultant
pressure drop.
Leakage rate is quite low than
metal ducts( less than 1%,
best/D category) owing to its
ship lap joints tight fit and
more area contact. (Ref: Test
report extract).
Conventional Metal ducts have
approx. 5% leakage rate.
PRESSURE DROPS IN CURVED ELBOWS AND IN
THREE-PIECE DUCT ELBOWS
0
10
20
30
40
0 1.75 3.5 5.25 7 8.75 10.5 12.25 14
Speed in m/ s
P
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Curved
Elbow
300x300
Three-
pieces Duct
300x300
Curved
Elbow
390x320
Three-
pieces Duct
390x320

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Erosion/Particle Migration(IAQ requirement)
18 m/s for 5 Hr.
0.022gm/cu.m against maximum
limit of 60gm/cu.m
EN 13403 / UL

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Limitations
Smoke or gasses evacuation.
Outside placed ducts, or buried, without protection.
Vertical ducts 3 m without reinforcements
USE LIMITS
- Static pressure >800 Pa (80 mm c.a.)
- Air speed > 18 m/s
- Internal air temperature > 90C
- External air temperature > 65C

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Summary
Parameter Non Metallic-
Glass Wool
ducts
Non Metallic-
Foam Ducts
Metallic Ducts+
19mm Insulation
Thermal
Resistance
High (ECBC
compliant)
High (ECBC
compliant)
Low (Non
compliant)
Acoustic
Parameter
High absorption Low absorption Low absorption
Frictional Loss of
Pressure
Meets ASHRAE
requirement
At bends/Elbow
slightly better than
metal duct
Same as Metal
duct
Meets ASHRAE
requirement
Leakage Rate <1% 3-4% 5%
Maximum
Pressure
800 Pa ( Test at
2000 Pa)
Same Suitable for
Higher pressure

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Summary, cont.
Parameter Non Metallic-
Glass Wool
ducts
Non Metallic-
Foam Ducts
Metallic Ducts+
19mm Insulation
Fire Parameter Best in class. Non
combustible at
core. No
incandescent
droplets
Plastic foam is
combustible in
nature. Fire
droplets possible.
PIR ducts are
comparative
better than PUF
Combustible with
plastic/rubber
based insulation.
Fire safe with
Glass wool
insulation
Stiffness/Rigidity Meets Highest
class (R5)as per
EN std.
Rigid Highest rigidity,
better than non
metallic ducts
Erosion Zero erosion Zero Erosion Depends on
proper installation
of acoustic lining.

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Summary, cont.
Parameter Non Metallic-
Glass Wool
ducts
Non Metallic-
Foam Ducts
Metallic Ducts+
19mm Insulation
Application Need better
skilled applicators
Need better
skilled applicators
Factory made
ducts. Installation,
insulation
application does
not need mush
skilled applicators
Ease of operation Duct making and insulation in a single
operation at much faster speed and
less number of persons
Two different
operation with
different set of
applicators. Noisy
and jobs need
much more
manual labor.

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Summary, cont.
Parameter Non Metallic-
Glass Wool
ducts
Non Metallic-
Foam Ducts
Metallic Ducts+
19mm Insulation
Adaptability at site High, minor changes can be
accommodated with minimum
resource.
Low, difficult to
modify once duct
is fabricated.
Cost Competitive. Low cost for
transportation. Indirect cost saving-like
installation/labor cost, speedy
execution etc.
Similar to Non
metallic duct.
Suitability/
Limitation
Upto 800 Pa and 18 m/s , Not for
buried and external ducts.
No limitation for
pressure or
velocity. Used as
Buried and
external ducts.

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