Traditional, state-of-the-art and future thermal building insulation materials and solutions Prope

By B. P. Jelle. 2011

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Abstract The advantages and disadvantages of the thermal building insulation materials and solutions have been treated. Both traditional, state-of-the-art and possible materials and solutions beyond these have been investigated. Examples of these may be mineral wool, expanded polystyrene, extruded polystyrene, polyurethane, vacuum insulation panels, gas insulation panels, aerogels, and future possibilities like vacuum insulation materials, nano insulation materials and dynamic insulation materials. Various properties, requirements and possibilities have been compared and studied. Among these are thermal conductivity, perforation vulnerability, building site adaptability and cuttability, mechanical strength, fire protection, fume emission during fire, robustness, climate ageing durability, resistance towards freezing/thawing cycles, water resistance, costs and environmental impact. Currently, there exist no single insulation material or solution capable of fulfilling all the requirements with respect to the most crucial properties. That is, for the buildings of today and the near future, several insulation materials and solutions are used and will have to be used depending on the exact circumstances and specifications. As of today, new materials and solutions like e.g. vacuum insulation panels are emerging, but only slowly introduced in the building sector partly due to their short track record. Therefore it will be of major importance to know the limitations and possibilities of all the insulation materials and solutions, i.e. their advantages and disadvantages. In this respect new conceptual thermal building insulation materials are also discussed.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering, Spectroscopy

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Environmental impacts and thermal insulation performance of innovative composite solutions for building applications (2014, background): “In a recent review on thermal building insulation materials, Jelle [25] states that currently, there exist no single insulation material or solution capable of fulfilling all the requirements with respect to the most crucial properties.”
Porous materials in building energy technologies—A review of the applications, modelling and experiments (2018, neutral): “and can be used as an insulation material in buildings [49].”
Near-Field Thermal Radiation: Recent Progress and Outlook (2015, background): “The study of near-field radiation may become important for superthermal insulation materials such as aerogels as the pore sizes become a few tens of nanometers [172] as well as in nanofluids with nanoparticles or nanoparticle aggregations [173].”
The future of construction materials research and the seventh UN Millennium Development Goal: A few insights (2013, neutral): “performance thermal insulation materials [52].”