For you thermal insulation materials guys.
For you thermal insulation materials guys.
(OP)
I have been using a foamed clay pellet for insulation (<1700°F)and my source has dried up. Can anyone help identify an inexpensive alternative material? The current material is hydroscopic (an important factor), has a Thermal Conductivity 400°C = 0.106 W/mK, 800°C = .183 W/mK, density = 300–350 kg/m3 and >90% porosity.
Must also be castable.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Must also be castable.
Any help is greatly appreciated.





RE: For you thermal insulation materials guys.
http://www.gcpflolite.com/en/index.htm
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I know someone else that going to be hurting, bad.
Thanks for the reply.
I'll try to get in touch with my refractory buddy tomorrow.
RE: For you thermal insulation materials guys.
I am working on a project and I am interested in the name of the company who manfactured your foam clay pellet.
If no name, can you elude to the manufacturing process of the clay?
Thanks
RE: For you thermal insulation materials guys.
Here is the company that made some of the processing equipment especially the Torbed Reactor.
http://www.torftech.com/index.php
The following company worked on the process and accomplished the testing.
http://www.ceram.com/contacts/az/
Dracula
Go to this site, the entire process is outlined.
RE: For you thermal insulation materials guys.
If you follow the link that unclesyd prvided ( http://www.gcpflolite.com/en/index.htm ) it will bring you to the product that I was using and am trying to replace and as much information as I could ever provide.
Again thanks to unclesyd for the links. I'll cruze those on Monday.
RE: For you thermal insulation materials guys.
Thank you very much for the information and getting me started on this process.
I will pursue this information and start a forum if further information is required.
Thanks!
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This might ring a few bells or in my case slow the windmills.
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You mentioned that you have a buddy that was using(?) Flolite? Any chance you could hook us up so that I might colaborate with him/her in locating a replacement material?
RE: For you thermal insulation materials guys.
I contacted them this evening with you proposal.
They were contemplating the use of the material as a catalyst support. They had only got to the physical measurements, like porosity, pore size, strengths on the sample they had.
At present they have no interest in pursuing this route as they have other media that they can use. Their interest was mainly in the low density of the material.
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Thanks for the effort. The guys @ Goonvean suggested giving pearlite a try as it has similar properties. So, that's what I'm pursuing at the moment.
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Do your material necessarily have to in aggregate form?
What is the absolute max temperature will the material see?
RE: For you thermal insulation materials guys.
http://www.aspenaerogels.com/
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As for the Aerogels...pricey stuff...I'll be using many thousands of cubic feet per year. Well, probably wouldn't be nearly the amount of aerogel as compared to pearlite.
I also came across some cool stuff from:
http://www.cellaris.com/index.html
I'll be testing this Monday just for fun and comparison as this is also quite pricey @ $12/liter.