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    @JournalArticle {2111,
    	title = {Development of Foam One-Part Geopolymers with Enhanced Thermal Insulation Performance and Low Carbon Dioxide Emissions},
    	journal = {Advanced Materials Research},
    	volume = {1129},
    	year = {2015},
    	note = {

    Abdollahnejad et al.

    }, month = {2015-09-17 00:00:00}, pages = {565-572}, publisher = {Trans Tech Publications}, abstract = {

    Buildings are responsible for more than 40\% of the energy consumption and greenhouse
    gas emissions. Thus, increasing building energy efficiency is one the most cost-effective ways to
    reduce emissions. The use of thermal insulation materials could constitute the most effective way of
    reducing heat losses in buildings by minimising heat energy needs. These materials have a thermal
    conductivity factor, k (W/m.K) lower than 0.065 while other insulation materials such as aerated
    concrete can go up to 0.11. Current insulation materials are associated with negative impacts in
    terms of toxicity. Polystyrene, for example contains anti-oxidant additives and ignition retardants.
    In addition, its production involves the generation of benzene and chlorofluorocarbons.
    Polyurethane is obtained from isocyanates, which are widely known for their tragic association with
    the Bhopal disaster. Besides current insulation materials releases toxic fumes when subjected to
    fire. This paper presents experimental results on one-part geopolymers. It also includes global
    warming potential assessment and cost analysis. The results show that only the use of aluminium
    powder allows the production mixtures with a high compressive strength however its high cost
    means they are commercially useless when facing the competition of commercial cellular concrete.
    The results also show that one-part geopolymer mixtures based on 26\%OPC +58.3\%FA +8\%CS
    +7.7\%CH and 3.5\% hydrogen peroxide constitute a promising cost efficient (67 euro/m3), thermal
    insulation solution for floor heating systems with low global warming potential of 443 KgCO2eq/m3.

    }, keywords = {Carbon dioxide emissions, Compressive strength, cost efficiency, Foam agents, Geopolymers, Thermal conductivity}, issn = {1022-6680}, doi = {10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1129.565}, author = {Abdollahnejad, Z. and Pacheco-Torgal, F. and Aguiar, J. B.} }

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    The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

    Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more


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