Unlock instant, AI-driven research and patent intelligence for your innovation.

Thermal insulation and method of producing the same

a technology of thermal insulation and thermal insulation, which is applied in the field of thermal insulation, can solve the problems of reduced thermal insulation strength, increased environmental impact of use of binder, and increased time and energy required for removal of oil or the like, and achieves excellent thermal insulation performance and excellent strength

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-04-21
NICHIAS CORP
View PDF12 Cites 14 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal insulation having both excellent thermal insulating performance and excellent strength, and a method of producing the same.
A method of producing a thermal insulation according to one embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems includes curing a dry-pressed compact including silica fine particles each having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or less and a reinforcement fiber at a relative humidity of 70% or more. According to the present invention, there can be provided a method of producing a thermal insulation having both excellent thermal insulating performance and excellent strength.
A thermal insulation according to one embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is produced by any one of the methods described above. According to the present invention, there can be provided a thermal insulation having both excellent thermal insulating performance and excellent strength.
A thermal insulation according to one embodiment of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems includes silica fine particles each having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or less and a reinforcement fiber, in which the thermal insulation has a bulk density of 190 to 600 kg / m3 and has a compressive strength of 0.65 MPa or more. According to the present invention, there can be provided a thermal insulation having both excellent thermal insulating performance and excellent strength.

Problems solved by technology

However, the above-mentioned conventional technologies have involved a problem in that use of the binder requires, for example, removal of oil, which causes reduction in the strength of the thermal insulations.
In addition, the use of the binder increases environmental impact.
As described above, there has been a problem in that the removal of oil or the like involves increases in the number of steps and required time and energy when the binder is used.
However, this case has involved a problem, for example, in that the thermal insulating performance of the thermal insulation lowers because the increase in the density of the thermal insulation involves an increase in the solid heat transfer.

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Thermal insulation and method of producing the same
  • Thermal insulation and method of producing the same
  • Thermal insulation and method of producing the same

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

example 1

Production of Thermal Insulation

There was produced a dry-pressed compact including anhydrous silica fine particles (hydrophilic fumed silica fine particles) having an average primary particle diameter of about 13 nm and having a thermal conductivity (25° C.) of 0.01 W / (m·K), and a heat-resistant glass fiber having an average fiber diameter of 10 μm and having an average fiber length of 3 mm.

That is, 100 parts by weight of a raw material for a thermal insulation including 90 mass % of silica fine particles and 10 mass % of a glass fiber and 0, 1, 3, 5, or 10 parts by weight of calcium hydroxide (Extra Pure Reagent, Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) were fed into a mixing apparatus, and the mixture was subjected to dry mixing.

Then, the resultant dry-mixed powder was used to produce a dry-pressed compact having a plate shape of 100 mm×150 mm and 15 mm in thickness by dry-press forming. To be specific, a suitable amount of the dry-mixed powder was first filled in a forming mold havin...

example 2

Production of Thermal Insulation

There was produced a dry-pressed compact further including silicon carbide having an average particle diameter of 3 μm in addition to the silica fine particles and the glass fiber used in Example 1 described above.

That is, 100 parts by weight of a raw material for a thermal insulation including 75 mass % of silica fine particles, 5 mass % of a glass fiber, and 20 mass % of silicon carbide and 0, 3, 5, or 10 parts by weight of calcium hydroxide were fed into a mixing apparatus, and the mixture was subjected to dry mixing.

The resultant dry-mixed powder was used to produce a dry compact having a plate shape of 100 mm×150 mm and 15 mm in thickness by dry-press forming. In the dry-press forming, a pressing pressure was adjusted so as to provide the dry-pressed compact with a bulk density of 240, 260, 280 or 300 kg / m3.

Next, the dry-pressed compact including calcium hydroxide was kept for 8 hours in a thermo-hygrostat at a temperature of 80° C. and at a rela...

example 3

Production of Thermal Insulation

There was produced a dry-pressed compact including silica fine particles, a glass fiber, and silicon carbide in the same manner as that in Example 2 described above. That is, 100 parts by weight of a raw material for a thermal insulation including 75 mass of silica fine particles, 5 mass % of a glass fiber, and 20 mass % of silicon carbide and 0 or 3 parts by weight of calcium hydroxide were fed into a mixing apparatus, and the mixture was subjected to dry mixing.

The resultant dry-mixed powder was used to produce a dry-pressed compact having a plate shape of 100 mm×150 mm and 15 mm in thickness by dry-press forming. In the dry-press forming, a pressing pressure was adjusted so as to provide the dry-pressed compact with a bulk density of 240, 260, 280 or 300 kg / m3.

Next, the dry-pressed compact including calcium hydroxide was kept for 0 to 24 hours in a thermo-hygrostat at a temperature of 80° C. and at a relative humidity of 90%, to thereby carry out h...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

PropertyMeasurementUnit
Temperatureaaaaaaaaaa
Fractionaaaaaaaaaa
Percent by massaaaaaaaaaa
Login to View More

Abstract

Provided is a thermal insulation having both excellent thermal insulating performance and excellent strength, and a method of producing the same. A method of producing a thermal insulation according to the present invention includes curing (S2) a dry-pressed compact, including silica fine particles each having an average particle diameter of 50 nm or less and a reinforcement fiber, at a relative humidity of 70% or more.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONThe present application claims priority from Japanese patent application JP 2009-239326, filed on Oct. 16, 2009, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the InventionThe present invention relates to a thermal insulation and a method of producing the same, and more particularly, to an improvement in the strength of a thermal insulation.2. Description of the Related ArtConventionally, as thermal insulations having low thermal conductivity and being excellent in thermal insulating performance, there have been known ones which are obtained by mixing silica fine particles as a material having a low thermal conductivity, an inorganic fiber, and a binder, and then subjecting the mixture to press forming, followed by machining (for example, JP 11-513349 A and JP 11-514959 A).However, the above-mentioned conventional technologies have involved a problem in that use of the binde...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
IPC IPC(8): E04B1/74B29C43/02
CPCC04B30/02C04B2201/20C04B2201/32C04B2201/50E04B1/80E04B2001/742C04B14/062C04B14/42C04B22/062C04B22/064C04B40/0259F16L59/028
Inventor ITO, YASUOGOTO, YOSHIHIKOABE, ISAMINAKAMA, SHIGERUOHMURA, TAKAHIRO
Owner NICHIAS CORP