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       New Eco-Friendly Home Insulation Cuts Heating & Cooling
       Costs
   DIR By: AGelbert
       Date: March 30, 2023, 3:59 pm
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       CleanTechnica
       March 30, 2023 By Steve Hanley
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       [glow=red,2,300]Heating[/glow]
       & [glow=blue,2,300]Cooling[/glow] Costs[/center]
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       “We report a simple and commercially viable strategy to produce
       thermoplastic composite foams using synergistic foaming
       approaches — incorporating porous shell hollow interior glass
       spheres (PHGS) as a filler and utilizing expandable
       thermoplastic microspheres (EMS) as a physical blowing agent —
       for thermal insulation applications. The EMS in these composites
       ensure formation of highly porous, low density foam while the
       PHGSs provide low thermal conductivity and lightweight
       mechanical reinforcement.
       “Through systematic optimization of the PHGS and EMS loadings, a
       lightweight and robust insulation with thermal resistivity
       greater than 27.7 m·K/W (R/in. > 4) is achieved. Notably, the
       fabricated foams also demonstrated comparable compressive
       strength to some commercial thermoplastic insulating materials.
       Through optimization of PHGS and EMS concentrations, results
       indicated similar thermal performance characteristics at varying
       foam densities, while higher loadings of both components lead to
       reduced insulation performance and weak mechanical stability of
       the foams.
       “The results obtained, when coupled with the potential
       scalability and tailor ability of the overall process towards
       targeted insulation performance, not only endows competitiveness
       with current commercial thermoplastic insulating materials but
       also offers great promise for the development of unique
       thermoplastic composite foams for a variety of insulation
       systems.”
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