US 12,378,379 B2
Thermal insulation
Glikeria Kakali, Athens (GR); Aggeliki Skaropoulou, Athens (GR); Anna Gaki, Amaroussion (GR); Maria Taxiarchou, KavalasPikermi (GR); Konstantina Papakonstantinou, Athens (GR); and Christos Dedeloudis, Athens (GR)
Assigned to Imertech SAS, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 17/604,195
Filed by IMERTECH SAS, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/060716
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/212496, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19386025 (EP), filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0185983 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. C08J 9/30 (2006.01); C04B 26/28 (2006.01); C08J 3/075 (2006.01); C08J 9/00 (2006.01); C08J 9/28 (2006.01); C08K 3/34 (2006.01); C08K 7/26 (2006.01); F16L 59/02 (2006.01)
CPC C08J 9/0066 (2013.01) [C04B 26/285 (2013.01); C08J 3/075 (2013.01); C08J 9/0033 (2013.01); C08J 9/0061 (2013.01); C08J 9/283 (2013.01); C08J 9/30 (2013.01); C08K 3/346 (2013.01); C08K 7/26 (2013.01); F16L 59/028 (2013.01); C08J 2201/0484 (2013.01); C08J 2205/022 (2013.01); C08J 2205/026 (2013.01); C08J 2329/04 (2013.01); C08J 2333/02 (2013.01); C08J 2425/06 (2013.01); C08L 2203/14 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
 
1. A method of manufacturing a thermally insulating product, the method comprising:
(a) forming a mixture comprising a solvent and a gel network former;
(b) dispersing a thermally insulating filler in the mixture; and
(c) drying the mixture to form the thermally insulating product;
wherein the thermally insulating filler is an expanded silicate material having:
a loose bulk density, measured according to PI 200-77, of from about 15 to about 450 kg/m3;
a compaction resistance, measured according to PI 306-80, of from about 3 PSI to about 350 PSI at 2″; and
a thermal conductivity, measured according to EN 12667, of from about 0.0300 W/mK to about 0.0700 W/mK.