Experimental Justification for Sapropel and Hemp Shives Use as a Thermal Insulation in Latvia

Environment. Technology. Resources: Proceedings of the 10th International Scientific and Practical Conference 2015
Stanislavs Pleiksnis, Māris Šinka, Genādijs Šahmenko

Fossil energy resources in Latvia are imported from other countries, but at the same time, our country is rich in renewable energy resources and other raw materials, which are used very little. In the study it is proposed to create a thermal insulation material from hemp shives grown in Latvia as a filler material and lake sediment - sapropel as a binding agent. Both of the following materials are organic, renewable and locally available. Laboratory experiments show that ecological and complying with modern requirements thermal insulation material can be obtained from local, renewable raw materials: sapropel and hemp shives.

Keywords
sapropel, hemp shives, thermal insulation construction material
DOI
10.17770/etr2015vol1.211
Hyperlink
http://journals.ru.lv/index.php/ETR/article/view/211

Pleiksnis, S., Šinka, M., Šahmenko, G. Experimental Justification for Sapropel and Hemp Shives Use as a Thermal Insulation in Latvia. In: Environment. Technology. Resources: Proceedings of the 10th International Scientific and Practical Conference, Latvia, Rēzekne, 18-20 June, 2015. Rezekne: Rezekne Higher Education Institution, 2015, pp.174-181. ISBN 978-9984-44-172-6. ISSN 1691-5402. Available from: doi:10.17770/etr2015vol1.211

Publication language
English (en)