An insulated structure comprises a first panel and a second panel coupled to the first panel. The first and second panels define an insulating cavity therebetween. A port is defined by the second panel. The port is an opening into the insulating cavity. A connector is coupled to the second panel. A tube is coupled to the connector and extends parallel along the second panel.

Described herein are materials and methods useful in the field of insulation, including building materials, refrigeration, cryogenics, and shipping, amongst others. Advantageously, the provided materials and method provide low thermal conductivities and increased mechanical strength, allowing for efficient insulating in a diverse range of applications. The provided materials and methods include individual particles connected by a polymer network that links individual particles and may include hollow or evacuated capsules and various strengthening agents.

A method can be used for manufacturing one or more bodies made of a porous material derived from precursors of the porous material in a sol-gel process. The method involves filling precursors of the porous material into a mold defining the shape of the body, where the precursors include at least two reactive components and a solvent, and forming a gel body. The step is then repeated so as to form several gel bodies. The gel bodies are then removed from the mold after a predetermined time in which the gel bodies are formed from the precursors of the porous material. The gel bodies are arranged adjacent to one another, a spacer is provided between two adjacent gel bodies so as to provide a clearance therebetween, and the solvent is then removed from the gel bodies.

The present application discloses a thermally insulating aerogel vacuum composite panel and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method includes the following steps: (1) mixing TEOS solution and a metal particle, adding a hydrophobic agent, mixing, adding ammonium trifluoroacetate solution dropwise until completely gelating to obtain a metal aerogel precursor; (2) adding the metal aerogel precursor into an acid replacement solution for replacement for 1-24 h to obtain a gel; (3) washing the gel with deionized water to obtain a neutral gel; (4) soaking the neutral gel obtained in step (3) in a first organic resin solvent; (5) pouring the neutral gel into a substrate with honeycomb structure, and aging for re-gelating to obtain a modified panel; (6) drying the modified panel to obtain a honeycomb panel; and (7) aging the honeycomb panel at room temperature for 1-24 h to obtain the vacuum composite panel.

An insulative construction product includes a polyurethane foam core and a mixture of Aerogel and carbon black that is disposed within the polyurethane foam core. The mixture of Aerogel and carbon black includes between 90 and 99 weight percent Aerogel and between 1 and 10 weight percent carbon black. The polyurethane foam core includes between 10 and 90 percent by volume of the of Aerogel and carbon black mixture and the construction product has an R-value of at least 8.0 R/inch.

The invention relates to the field of construction, namely to building structures, methods and arrangements for their production and can be used as heat-saving three-dimensional panels for the rapid construction of load-bearing walls of buildings of various purposes and floors in them, external walls, partitions, roofs, meeting the requirements of the increased thermal resistance of building envelopes in the construction industry.

The objective of the invention is creation of a wall heat-saving three-dimensional panels (options) of the increased thermal resistance that meet the requirements of the parameters of the “passive house”, development of a method for its manufacture, which reduces the material consumption, energy consumption and laboriousness, and development of the design of the block-form (options) for its manufacture.

The problem is solved in such a way that a construction heat-insulating three-dimensional panel designed for load-bearing walls, is made in the form of a thermostructural structure of a heat-insulating core, reinforcing support elements in the form of trellised trusses with a cavity under the seismic belt, and a wire mesh, at forming of which recesses are made evenly and in mutual parallel on the front and rear surfaces, and protrusions are made on the upper and lower surfaces between the protruding surfaces of the support elements.

The problem is solved in such a way that in a construction heat-insulating three-dimensional panel designed for floor slabs made in the form of a thermostructural structure of a heat-insulating core, reinforcing support elements made in the form of lattice trusses, and a wire mesh, at forming of which the front and rear surfaces are made smooth with protruding surfaces of the reinforcing supporting elements, and on the upper and lower surfaces protrusions are made located between the protruding surfaces of the supporting elements.

The problem is also solved with a method of manufacturing of construction insulating three-dimensional panel comprising filling the form cavity with the pre-foamed polystyrene granules, forming the blocks, cooling, stabilizing, removing the finished blocks from the block-form. Filling the block-form into the guide grooves is performed after installation of the reinforcing support grooves in the guide grooves elements.

The problem is also solved by the development of a closed-type block-form for the manufacture of panels for load-bearing walls, made in the form of a vertically oriented housing mounted on a support and equipped with nozzles for connecting to coolant supply systems, evacuation and condensate removal, a pre-foamed filler granules load

A temperature-stable vacuum insulation element 1 for use over a wide temperature range of high or low temperatures including a core material 2 of fumed silica in a proportion by weight in the range from 30% to 90%, a fiber material 3 in a proportion by weight in the range from 1% to 10%, an opacifier in a proportion by weight in the range from 5% to 50%; and a vacuum-tight envelope of the core material 2 of at least one stainless steel foil 4a, 4b.

A three-dimensional vacuum thermal insulation element having a compressed three-dimensional porous structure and a shell closed in an airtight manner. The shell includes a thermoformable barrier wall and encloses the porous structure arranged between two major surfaces of said barrier wall. The porous structure has a pressure of between less than 105 Pa and more than 10-2 Pa at ambient external temperature and pressure. The barrier wall is thermoformed at the site of said two major surfaces, between which the porous structure has a curved shape and/or reliefs and/or depressions.

A three-dimensional, vacuum thermal insulating element comprising a compressed three-dimensional porous structure, an envelope closed in an airtight manner comprising a thermoformable barrier wall, enclosing the porous structure, which is interposed between two major surfaces of the barrier wall, and where, at outside ambient temperature and pressure, a pressure between less than 10.sup.5 Pa and more than 10.sup.−2 Pa prevails. The barrier wall is thermoformed at said the two major surfaces, between which the porous structure is bent-shaped and/or has reliefs and/or depressions.

A vacuum insulation assembly includes a number of vacuum insulation modules. Each module includes a first layer of material, a second layer of material substantially parallel to the first layer of material, a frame member disposed between the perimeter edges of the first and second layer of materials, a vacuum chamber formed between the first and second layer of materials and the frame member, and one or more spacers that generate a magnetic field. The spacers can be located on the interior, the exterior or disposed within the first and second layers of material. In one aspect, the spacers are permanent magnets, electromagnets, and the like, that are positioned such that the spacers provide a sufficient magnetic field to prevent the first and second layers of material from contacting each other.