Iran-Made Nano-Based Insulation Sheets Save 60 Percent of Energy in Engine Houses

Elastomeric nanocomposite sound and thermal insulation sheets produced based on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber/Polyvinyl Chloride (NBR/PVC) polymers is a foam-like elastomeric insulation sheet manufactured by an Iranian firm.

This insulation sheet is one of the most widely used insulators in industry, including the utility and industrial parts of buildings and plants like hotels, towers, hospitals, petrochemicals and refineries, and the addition of nanoparticles to these sheets has improved their mechanical properties.

Application of these acoustic and thermal insulation sheets, which are produced in different types and forms of blanket insulation (sheet) and pipe insulation, in the boiler room of buildings can effectively optimize and decrease energy consumption by nearly 60%.

Since the insulation sheets have a closed cell structure, they are a good choice for insulating heating and cooling pipes, channels, air conditioning systems, utility devices and tanks.

Iran currently ranks 4th in the world in production of nano-science. This comes as a part of Iran's Nanotechnology Initiative Council’s first development plan, which has sought to advance nano-science in the country.

The second 10-year plan, which started in 2015, seeks to move nano-science from paper to the industry. In the meantime, the Nanotechnology Initiative Council is working on a third plan to trade Iranian nano-products in the global market.

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