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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Thermal Insulation Mattresses Based on Textile Waste and Recycled Plastic Waste Fibres, Integrating Natural Fibres of Vegetable or Animal Origin.

Andreea Hegyi, Horațiu Vermeșan, Adrian-Victor Lăzărescu, Cristian Petcu, Cezar Bulacu

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andreea HegyiNIRD URBAN-INCERC Cluj-Napoca Branch, 117 Calea Florești, 400524 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Horațiu VermeșanFaculty of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 103-105 Muncii Boulevard, 400641 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9554-2715
Adrian-Victor LăzărescuNIRD URBAN-INCERC Cluj-Napoca Branch, 117 Calea Florești, 400524 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9865-8614
Cristian PetcuNIRD URBAN-INCERC Bucharest, 266 Șoseaua Pantelimon, 021652 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5055-0084
Cezar BulacuMINET S.A., 12 Depozitelor Street, 240426 Ramnicu Valcea, Romania.
Institutul Naţional de Cercetare-Dezvoltare in Construcţii Urbanism şi Dezvoltare Teritorială Durabilă · ROTechnical University of Cluj-Napoca · ROGheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current context provides, worldwide, the need to identify solutions for the thermal efficiency of constructions, through sustainable and innovative methods and products. A viable solution is to produce thermal insulating products by carding-folding technology, using natural fibres and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) and polyester (rPES) waste, converted to fibres. This paper presents experimental results obtained after testing several thermal insulation composite products produced using a mix of sheep wool, cellulose, rPET and rPES fibres. The results of the research demonstrate the thermal insulation properties but, at the same time, identify the benefits of using such materials on the quality of the air in the interior space (the ability to adjust humidity and reduce the concentration of harmful substances). At the same time, the advantages of using sheep wool composite mattresses concerning their resistance to insect attack is demonstrated when compared with ordinary thermal insulation materials. Finally, sensitivity elements of these composites are observed in terms of sensitivity to mould, and to contact with water or soil, drawing future research directions in the development of this type of materials.

Indexed as

natural fibrespolyester (PES)polyethylene terephthalate (PET)recyclingsheep woolthermal insulation

Identifiers

PMID35207888
PMCPMC8878766
OpenAlexW4212851652

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