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Development of Nanoporous Aerogel-Based Thermal Insulation Products:'Make in India' Initiative


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1 Centre for Nanomaterials, Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Balapur PO, Hyderabad 500 005, India
 

The technology of manufacturing a silica aerogel thermal insulation product has been developed with the objective of indigenization under the 'Make in India' initiative. This world class product is now ready for commercial production. It possesses all the features and properties required for any ideal industrial thermal insulation material such as low thermal conductivity, light weight, good compressive strength, moisture, fire, corrosion and chemical resistance, antifungal, low shrinkage, sound-proof, non-toxic and ecofriendly. The increasingly gaining attention towards this highly efficient thermal insulation material is a hope to significantly contribute in achieving targets of energy conservation and saving.


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Aerogel, Energy Conservation, Industrial Applications, Silica, Thermal Insulation.
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Neha Hebalkar
Centre for Nanomaterials, Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Balapur PO, Hyderabad 500 005, India

Abstract


The technology of manufacturing a silica aerogel thermal insulation product has been developed with the objective of indigenization under the 'Make in India' initiative. This world class product is now ready for commercial production. It possesses all the features and properties required for any ideal industrial thermal insulation material such as low thermal conductivity, light weight, good compressive strength, moisture, fire, corrosion and chemical resistance, antifungal, low shrinkage, sound-proof, non-toxic and ecofriendly. The increasingly gaining attention towards this highly efficient thermal insulation material is a hope to significantly contribute in achieving targets of energy conservation and saving.


Keywords


Aerogel, Energy Conservation, Industrial Applications, Silica, Thermal Insulation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi07%2F1413-1420