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Characterization of hygrothermal insulating biomaterials modified by inorganic adsorbents

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This paper describes the effect of inorganic adsorbents on the hygrothermal performance of insulating materials. The addition of the inorganic adsorbents leads to significant effect to the microstructure and mechanical properties of these materials. The thermal conductivity rang of the materials containing adsorbents from 0.095 to 0.116 (W/m−1 K−1) is lower than that of those without adsorbents (0.121 (W.m−1 K−1)), resulting in reducing the heat consumption of these insulation materials. The kinetics and isotherms water vapor adsorption confirm an increase in moisture uptake capacity at low relative humidity (33%) and small variation of moisture adsorption capacity at high relative humidity (75%) in the presence of the adsorbents. The moisture buffering of the boards containing different adsorbent contents is improved with an excellent moisture buffer value up to 2.7 g/(m2.%RH).

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This research is funded by the Région Rhône-Alpes; the Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (ADEME); the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France; and Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) under grant number GEN2019-49-01 and GEN2019-49-02.

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    Dang Mao Nguyen, Anne-Cécile Grillet & Monika Woloszyn

  2. Research Center Scientific for Conservation of Natural Resources, Hochiminh city University of Sciences, Vietnam National University Hochiminh city (VNU), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Thi My Hanh Diep

  3. Sustainable Developments in Civil Engineering Research Group, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Quoc-Bao Bui

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Nguyen, D.M., Grillet, AC., Diep, T.M.H. et al. Characterization of hygrothermal insulating biomaterials modified by inorganic adsorbents. Heat Mass Transfer 56, 2473–2485 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-020-02873-2

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