- Author
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Rupert, J. G.
- Title
- Development of a Polystyrene Insulation System. Final Technical Progress Report.
- Coporate
- Rupert Insulation Products, Inc., St. Paul, MN
- Report
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DOE/CS/15027--TI
September 20, 1984
60 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- DE-FG01-80-CS15027
- Keywords
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insulation
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polystyrene
- Abstract
- In September, 1980, Rupert Insulation Products, Inc. recieved a grant, No. DE-FG01-80CS15027, from the United States Department of Energy to develop an expanded polystyrene insulation system. The detailed technical results of this grant have been reported in our Interim Technical Progress Report dated June 15, 1983 and in the monthly progress reports submitted this past year. This final report is intended as a relatively brief and pictorial summary of the major program results. The grant began with the development of an adhesive coating system for loose fill polystyrene materials which would result in a product primarily for retrofit insulation of residential buildings that would neither shrink nor settle. Several problems with the coated system including flammability and shrinkage led us to consider an alternative system in which an expanded rock product called perlite was considered as an alternative to polystyrene. The primary problems with perlite are that Data. ery expensive and the coated structure is extremely brittle.