Innovative Materials: Bio-Fiber Batts and Boards
Apr 12, 2010
This paper offers a short review of the historic development of bio-fiber building products, from macerated paper introduced in 1919 as a commercial insulation product in Canadian Prairies through the 2009 American production of cellulose fiber batts and blankets and European flexible and rigid wood-fiber thermal insulation boards. A small expansion from current research and design activities brings us a new world of bio-fiber thermal insulations, where different recycled and fresh fibers are mixed and bonded with advanced chemical technology to produce composites for several different construction and industrial applications.
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Building Enclosure Science & Technology (BEST2) Conference
Published & professionally reviewed by:
Syracise University
Building Enclosure Technology & Environment Council (National Institute of Building Sciences)
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