Wood Pulp Panels
Fibre panels for thermal building insulation
Wood Pulp Panels are glue free wood fibre panels for thermal building insulation. Applicable in roof or wall insulations they are a biobased alternative to most current insulation materials and breaking ground for closed loop circular value chain applications.all elements.
Antti Oksanen
VTT
Finland
Innovation details
Benefits / Impacts
1) Equal insulation performance as existing wood-based products,
2) Very light weight, no specific training need for assembly,
3) Made from renewable, wood pulp,
4) Recycled wood can be utilized as a raw material,
5) Lowers greenhouse gas emissions and stores CO2 in building walls,
6) Easy to be recycled and used in circular economy value chains(if suitable fire retardant is used.
Images
Wood pulp panel process
Wood pulp panel
Wood Pul Panels Facade
Technical Features
Paper pulp (CTMP) in a foam forming process.
For the final panel, no glue is necessary to reach comparable properties as of other insulation materials. process:
1) Foaming of fibres and water to 50% air content,
2)Forming and drying,
3) Fire retardant treatment.
Next steps, R&D needs
1) Scale upproduction process with industry partner,
2) Fine-tuning of properties,
3) In-use monitoring in experimental building
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