A CEMENT-BASED MATERIAL COMPRISING A NANO-AEROGEL INSULATING TAPE MATERIAL

摘要

The invention relates to an ordinary concrete and/or a high strength concrete having insulating properties. The concrete mixtures with or without insulating properties, are embedding nano-aerogel tape insulating material. The insulating properties of the concrete mixture may be obtained by the inclusion of supplementary bodies made of an inorganic material such as glass-spheres, expanded clay aggregate such as Leca®, nano-tubes and other inorganic materials, or by the inclusion of supplementary bodies made of a polymeric material such as expandable polystyrene (EPS), polyurethane (PUR), foamed polypropylene (PP) or other foamed insulation material. Tailoring different combinations of concrete, insulating concrete and nano aerogel tape insulation ensures the right incompressible combination of weight, strength, and insulation for flow assurance in any pipeline on/offshore. The invention further relates to a method of applying the concrete mixture and the nano-gel insulating tape to a surface thereby obtaining a multi layered structure.