Journal
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
Volume 69, Issue -, Pages 912-932Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.140
Keywords
Innovative use of biomass; Building energy saving; Agricultural residues; Building thermal insulation; Bio-insulation; Fabricated building; Factory building
Funding
- National Nature Science Foundation Project [51541603]
- Hunan Province Science Foundation Project [2016JJ2021]
- China National Key R&D Program 'Solutions to heating and cooling of buildings in the Yangtze river region' [2016YFC0700306]
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Thermal insulations have begun to play an increasing important role in realizing building energy saving in the past years. Thermal insulations made of biomasses like agro-residues, forest residues, etc., are developing very fast recently, although their research and development history is relatively short. In order to help researchers to achieve a global viewpoint of the research on this topic and to improve the research and application progress, a systematic review is presented in this study. After review and screening, 144 original research journal papers were selected as samples and analyzed to investigate the following topics: Historical development of bio-insulations from 1974 up to April 2016, from viewpoint of number of papers published and corresponding journals; Geo-graphical distribution of researchers, according to country and continent categories; Kinds of biomasses under research including agroresidues, forestry residues, economic plants, etc.; Analysis methodologies and research scale of bio-insulations; Common types, manufacturing methods and properties of bio-insulation; Experimental equipment, software, and corresponding standards. Moreover, the shortcomings of the current research are discussed in details. Finally, some suggestions are presented, including: a scientific plan on bio-insulation research; selection of suitable types; traditional and innovative treatments for improving specific properties; the required properties testing order; scientific presentation of research results. This study can help to achieve a more precise comprehension about bio-insulations research status, find suitable experimental equipment for effectively testing various properties, adopt innovative ways to improve specific properties, avoid making mistakes during the research and provide a better expression of the research results. Furthermore, this study can stimulate the research and application of bioinsulations to get a great-leap-forward development in the near future, especially in the fabricated building field.
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