ShareAerogels: a foam alternative.
Author(s) : HERRMANN G. H., MIELKE M. F., ZIEGLER B. D., TEICH F.
Summary
Aerogels offer a thermal performance unattained by any other class of material. For a long time aerogels have been a little interest for big volume applications such as domestic appliances because of lack of availability, technical barriers and cheap energy prices. They have only become viable for some small scale specialist applications. However, during recent years BASF has successfully embarked on a program to build up a pilot production plant for granular inorganic aerogels (Basogel). Big scale industrial processing of the material has proven possible. Aerogel fillings bring remarkable 20% improvement over conventional foamed insulation systems in terms of energy consumption. Additional optimization could be expected by application of vacuum techniques.
Details
- Original title: Aerogels: a foam alternative.
- Record ID : 1996-0809
- Languages: English
- Source: Proceedings of the 1993 non-fluorocarbon insulation, refrigeration and air-conditioning technology workshop.
- Publication date: 1993/09/27
- Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.
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Indexing
- Themes: Insulants
- Keywords: Thermal property; Insulant; Germany; Silica gel; Research; Physical property; Insulation
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Aerogels: a foam alternative.
- Author(s) : HERRMANN G. H., MIELKE M. F., ZIEGLER B. D., TEICH F.
- Date : 1993/10/20
- Languages : English
- Source: The 1993 International CFC and Halon Alternatives Conference. Stratospheric Ozone Protection for the 90's. Proceedings.
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Aerogels: the leading edge in thermal insulation.
- Author(s) : HERRMANN G. H., BEDNAREK H., REICHERT H., STEPHENS R., STRAHLE R.
- Date : 1994/10/24
- Languages : English
- Source: The 1994 International CFC and Halon Alternatives Conference. Stratospheric Ozone Protection for the 90's. Proceedings.
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Aerogels: the leading edge in thermal insulation.
- Author(s) : HERRMANN G. H., BEDNAREK H., REICHERT H., STEPHENS R., STRAHLE R.
- Date : 1995/02
- Languages : English
- Source: H&V Eng. - vol. 68 - n. 725
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Optimization of monolithic silica aerogel insul...
- Author(s) : FRICKE J., LU X., WANG P., et al.
- Date : 1992/09
- Languages : English
- Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 35 - n. 9
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Aerogels: a foam alternative.
- Author(s) : HERRMAN G. H., MIELKE M. F., ZIEGLER B. D., TIECH F.
- Date : 1994
- Languages : English
- Source: H&V Eng. - vol. 66 - n. 722
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