<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents results of a research for determination of a few general thermal-physical properties of environmentally friendly building materials made by clay, sand and straw. The aim of this study is to establish their heat insulating and energy-efficient capacity. All specific measurements were carried out by using the newest generation thermal conductivity analyser Mathis TCi.</p><p>The results showed that the studied composite materials are good thermal insulators with thermal conductivity less than 0.5 W/m.K, which depends on the straw amount. Even less than 0.5 wt.% straw reflects on the insulating properties by decreasing the thermal conductivity coefficient with nearly 50 %.</p></abstract>

The paper presents results of a research for determination of a few general thermal-physical properties of environmentally friendly building materials made by clay, sand and straw. The aim of this study is to establish their heat insulating and energy-efficient capacity. All specific measurements were carried out by using the newest generation thermal conductivity analyser Mathis TCi.The results showed that the studied composite materials are good thermal insulators with thermal conductivity less than 0.5 W/m.K, which depends on the straw amount. Even less than 0.5 wt.% straw reflects on the insulating properties by decreasing the thermal conductivity coefficient with nearly 50 %.

Thermal Insulating Properties of Straw-Filled Environmentally Friendly Building Materials

Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Architecture

Department of Thermal Engineering, Shipbuilding Faculty

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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The paper presents results of a research for determination of a few general thermal-physical properties of environmentally friendly building materials made by...

Thermal Insulating Properties of Straw-Filled Environmentally Friendly Building Materials

Published Online: Jun 26, 2017

Page range: 52 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cee-2017-0006

Keywords
Thermal conductivity, Thermal effusivity, Specific heat capacity, Straw, Modified transient plane source technique

© 2017 Rositsa Petkova-Slipets et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Thermal Insulating Properties of Straw-Filled Environmentally Friendly Building Materials

Published Online: Jun 26, 2017

Page range: 52 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cee-2017-0006

KeywordsThermal conductivity, Thermal effusivity, Specific heat capacity, Straw, Modified transient plane source technique

© 2017 Rositsa Petkova-Slipets et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Thermal conductivity, Thermal effusivity, Specific heat capacity, Straw, Modified transient plane source technique