scholarly journals Preparation and characterization of high-strength low-thermal-conductivity cement-based insulation materials

Author(s):  
X X Zhang ◽  
Z P Wang ◽  
A M She ◽  
Y Q Wei ◽  
Z Y Zhu
Carbon ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.A. Katzman ◽  
P.M. Adams ◽  
T.D. Le ◽  
C.S. Hemminger

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1314
Author(s):  
Haihua Wu ◽  
Kui Chen ◽  
Yafeng Li ◽  
Chaoqun Ren ◽  
Yu Sun ◽  
...  

The 3D graphite/ceramic composite prototyping parts directly prepared by selective laser sintering (SLS) were porous, which led to poor strength and low thermal conductivity. In order to obtain low thermal conductivity and high strength, its thermal conductivity and compressive strength were adjusted by changing the mixture powder composition and adding post-processing. The result showed that the addition of silicon powder in the mixture powder could significantly improve the compressive strength and thermal conductivity. The addition of expanded graphite was beneficial to the formation of the closed pores in the matrix, which slightly reduced the compressive strength but significantly reduced the thermal conductivity. The 3D graphite/ceramic composite part showed an order of magnitude improvement in compressive strength (from 1.25 to 13.87 MPa) but relatively small change in thermal conductivity (from 1.40 to 2.12 W·m−1K−1) and density (from 0.53 to 1.13 g·cm−3) by post-processing. Reasonable mixture powder composition and post-processing were determined and realized the possibility of fabricating a 3D graphite/ceramic composite part with low thermal conductivity but high compressive strength. Furthermore, it could be used for the repeated casting of steel castings, and through the comparative analysis of casting defects, the prepared graphite/ceramic composite part was expected to replace water glass sand mold.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Á. Lakatos ◽  
I. Deák ◽  
U. Berardi

The development of high performance insulating materials incorporating nanotechnologies has enabled considerable decrease in the effective thermal conductivity. Besides the use of conventional insulating materials, such as mineral fibers, the adoption of new nano-technological materials such as aerogel, vacuum insulation panels, graphite expanded polystyrene, is growing. In order to reduce the thermal conductivity of polystyrene insulation materials, during the manufacturing, nano/micro-sized graphite particles are added to the melt of the polystyrene grains. The mixing of graphite flakes into the polystyrene mould further reduces the lambda value, since graphite parts significantly reflect the radiant part of the thermal energy. In this study, laboratory tests carried out on graphite insulation materials are presented. Firstly, thermal conductivity results are described, and then sorption kinetic curves at high moisture content levels are shown. The moisture up-taking behaviour of the materials was investigated with a climatic chamber where the relative humidity was 90% at 293 K temperature. Finally, calorific values of the samples are presented after combusting in a bomb calorimeter.


2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1402-1406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Zschack ◽  
Colby Heideman ◽  
Clay Mortensen ◽  
Ngoc Nguyen ◽  
Mary Smeller ◽  
...  

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 5700
Author(s):  
Maatouk Khoukhi ◽  
Abeer Dar Saleh ◽  
Ahmed Hassan ◽  
Shaimaa Abdelbaqi

Although many advanced insulation materials have been recently developed, very few are eco-friendly and their production requires a substantial amount of energy and complex manufacturing processes. To address this issue, a bio-based thermal insulation material was developed using short- and long-grained puffed rice. A set of experiments was subsequently carried out to identify the best rice type and the optimal range for the most influential parameters (sample amount, temperature, and moisture level). Our findings revealed that short-grained rice exhibited greater puffing ability and was thus adopted in further material optimization experiments. These assessments indicated that the most optimal thermal conductivity of the insulation material and the highest puffing ratio was attained at 12–15% moisture, 260–270 °C temperature, and 15–18 g sample weight. The thermal properties, including thermal conductivity and fire reaction, and thermal performance of samples obtained using these parameters were similar to those of common insulation materials.


2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 1541-1550 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. T. Alam ◽  
S. King ◽  
M. A. Haque

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 287-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. Jakubinek ◽  
Champika J. Samarasekera ◽  
Mary Anne White

There has been much recent interest in heat transport in nanostructures, and alsoin the structure, properties, and growth of biological materials. Here we present measurements of thermal properties of a nanostructured biomineral, ivory. The room-temperature thermal conductivity of ivory is anomalously low in comparison with its constituent components. Low-temperature (2–300 K) measurements ofthermal conductivity and heat capacity reveal a glass-like temperature dependenceof the thermal conductivity and phonon mean free path, consistent with increased phonon-boundary scattering associated with nanostructure. These results suggest that biomineral-like nanocomposite structures could be useful in the design of novel high-strength materials for low thermal conductivity applications.


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