Spectral Selective Solar Control Film Containing an Air Layer for Windows
First Claim
1. A building structure for sheltering people from an environment, the building structure comprising:
- a glass window defining an interior side and an exterior side;
a film disposed on the exterior side of the glass window for reflecting infrared radiation away from the glass window and for reflecting thermal radiation back into the building structure, the film comprising;
an infrared reflecting layer defining an interior side and an exterior side, the interior side of the infrared reflecting layer attached to the exterior side of the glass window, the infrared reflecting layer having an embedded infrared reflecting core which comprises one or more layers of silver and one or more layers of dielectric for reflecting infrared radiation;
one or more protective layers removeably attached to the exterior side of the infrared reflecting layer for mitigating oxidation of the silver layer and for providing a sacrificial top layer which can be removed when damaged due to UV exposure;
an adhesive layer between the film and the glass window for adhering the film to the glass window, the adhesive layer disposed along a peripheral edge portion of the film for forming a gap between the glass window and the film interior to the peripheral edge portion of the film wherein the gap reduces a coefficient of thermal conductivity through the window.
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Abstract
A building structure having a high efficiency solar control system is provided. The building structure may have a window defined by a sheet of glass and a film mounted to its exterior side. There may be a gap between the film and the glass wherein the film, film and gap, or gap provides thermal insulation. The film may reflect solar radiation in the near and mid infrared ranges yet allow high transmission of light in the visible range such that the occupants of the building structure may view his/her surroundings through the window. The film may have a layer of silver which reflects the solar radiation in the near and mid infrared ranges. Since the silver is susceptible to oxidation and turns the silver into a black body which absorbs the near and mid infrared radiation, the film may be designed to slow the rate of oxidation of the silver layer to an acceptable level. The silver layer may be sandwiched between the glass which does not allow oxygen to diffuse there through and reach the layer of silver and a stack of sacrificial layers having a certain thickness which slows down the rate of oxygen diffusion to an acceptable level.
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21 Claims
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1. A building structure for sheltering people from an environment, the building structure comprising:
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a glass window defining an interior side and an exterior side; a film disposed on the exterior side of the glass window for reflecting infrared radiation away from the glass window and for reflecting thermal radiation back into the building structure, the film comprising; an infrared reflecting layer defining an interior side and an exterior side, the interior side of the infrared reflecting layer attached to the exterior side of the glass window, the infrared reflecting layer having an embedded infrared reflecting core which comprises one or more layers of silver and one or more layers of dielectric for reflecting infrared radiation; one or more protective layers removeably attached to the exterior side of the infrared reflecting layer for mitigating oxidation of the silver layer and for providing a sacrificial top layer which can be removed when damaged due to UV exposure; an adhesive layer between the film and the glass window for adhering the film to the glass window, the adhesive layer disposed along a peripheral edge portion of the film for forming a gap between the glass window and the film interior to the peripheral edge portion of the film wherein the gap reduces a coefficient of thermal conductivity through the window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for reducing an amount of solar radiation entering a building structure and for increasing insulation value of a window of the building structure, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a film for reflecting infrared radiation, the film comprising; an infrared reflecting layer defining an interior side and an exterior side, the infrared reflecting layer having an embedded infrared reflecting core which comprises one or more layers of silver and one or more layers of dielectric for reflecting infrared radiation to an exterior of the building structure and for reflecting thermal radiation to an interior of the building structure; and one or more protective layers removeably attached to the exterior side of the infrared reflecting layer for mitigating oxidation of the silver layer and for providing a sacrificial top layer which can be removed when damaged due to UV exposure or oxidation; attaching a peripheral edge portion of the infrared reflecting layer to an exterior side of the glass window; and forming a gap between the film and the glass window for reducing a coefficient of thermal conductivity through the window. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A building structure comprising:
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a glass window defining an interior side and an exterior side; a film attached to the exterior side of the glass window for reflecting infrared radiation away from the glass window to an exterior of the building structure and for reflecting thermal radiation back into an interior of the building structure, the film comprising; infrared reflecting core which comprises one or more layers of silver and one or more layers of dielectric for reflecting infrared radiation, the infrared reflecting core defining opposed first and second sides; a first protective layer attached to the first side of the infrared reflecting layer, the first protective layer having a first thickness; a second protective layer attached to the second side of the infrared reflecting layer and the glass window, the second protective layer having a second thickness, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness; wherein the first and second protective layers provide structural support to the one or more silver layers, and the thicker first protective layer mitigates oxidation of the one or more silver layers caused by oxygen diffusion through the first protective layer an adhesive layer disposed between the film and the glass window for adhering the film to the glass window, the adhesive layer disposed along a peripheral edge portion of the film for forming a gap between the glass window and the film interior to the peripheral edge portion of the film wherein the gap reduces the coefficient of thermal conductivity through the window. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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