Development of Sustainable Thermal Insulators from Waste Materials A Circular Economy Approach

This book focuses on the major global waste management issues and development of thermal insulating materials by utilizing these wastes. It helps address various global issues like sustainable environment, waste to wealth, waste to resource material, advanced multifunctional material, skill development and employment generation. The book highlights the potentiality and the applicability of various wastes, such as municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, industrial waste, construction waste, textile waste, waste polystyrene, geopolymer, leather rubber waste, other miscellaneous waste to be considered as a resource and its availability and conversion technologies from waste to wealth as thermal insulating materials. It also discusses recent trends, for processing the waste to wealth as a thermally insulating material. This book is a useful guide to researchers and professionals working in the areas of energy storage, sustainable civil engineering, material science and others allied fields.

Potentiality of the Wastes as Thermal Insulating Materials for Globular Economy and Sustainability.- The significance of technology and Industry 4.0 in transforming waste into wealth, especially Thermal Insulating Materials.- Mechanical, Thermal, and Durability Properties of Demolition Waste Concrete-Epicenter to Thermal insulating material.- Building a Sustainable Future with Geopolymer Thermal Insulation: Availability and Opportunities.- Textile Waste As a Resource, its Availability, and the recent technology for its transformation to wealth in the form of Thermal Insulation Material.- Plastic Waste as a Resource, its Availability, and the Conversion Technologies for its Transformation to Wealth in the Form of Thermal Insulating Materials.- Polymeric and other composites as a resource, its availability and the conversion technologies for its transformation to wealth in thermal insulating materials.- Development of High Thermal Conductive Insulation System.- Waste feathers as a resource, its availability and the recent technology in the production of new thermal insulation materials.- Valorization Of Engineered Bamboo Based Thermal Insulating Building Materials: A Journey from Nature To Nature Protection-A Case Study.- Environmental, Ethical, and Global Guidelines for Thermal Insulating Materials.

Dr. Sarika Verma is currently working as Principal Scientist and IP Coordinator at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India.  She has been awarded a Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences.  She is the recipient of various prestigious awards and have various Patents in her credit. Over the years, she has been intensively engaged in various R&D to design and develop advanced materials useful for various broad application spectrums like  waste to wealth, Bamboo composites, radiation shielding materials, Thermal insulating  material, geopolymeric materials ,polymeric composites, biomedical and energy materials via novel techniques. She has experience in transferring the know-how technology to industries like M/S  Ecological Fibers pvt., M/S Apte Medical System etc. 

Dr. Mohd. Akram Khan is Chief Scientist and Head of Industrial waste utilization, nano- and biomaterials Division at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal. Over the years, he has vast experience in various R&D to  develop advanced materials especially from waste to Wealth, which are useful for versatile application in various sectors.

Dr. Avanish Kumar Srivastava is Director, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal. He received his master’s degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (UOR), Roorkee; M.Tech. in Materials Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; and doctorate metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He serves as Expert for nanoscale measurements and instrumentation at ISO and BIS. He was instrumental in establishing the high-resolution electron microscopy and spectroscopy facilities at CSIR-NPL New Delhi and AMPRI Bhopal. His prolific research on the growth of engineering materials and understanding nucleation-growth, phase transformations, microstructures and defects is outstanding and known by his peers worldwide.