THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERS

Lime-based renders are common part of historical or older buildings that don’t always provide a comfortable inside climate due to the problems with high thermal losses. Thermal insulation renders may possibly retrofit or replace original render layers and mitigate negative impacts of harmful externa...

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Main Authors: Jaroslav Pokorný, Milena Pavlíková, Zbyšek Pavlík
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Language:English
Published: Czech Technical University in Prague 2019-07-01
Series:Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
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Online Access:https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5660
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description Lime-based renders are common part of historical or older buildings that don’t always provide a comfortable inside climate due to the problems with high thermal losses. Thermal insulation renders may possibly retrofit or replace original render layers and mitigate negative impacts of harmful external climate. In this respect, determination of basic structural, mechanical and thermal properties of lime-based renders containing various amount of perlite that was used as partial silica sand replacement is presented in the paper. Experimental tests performed for 28 days high relative humidity-cured samples showed significant decrease in bulk density and apparent density for renders with incorporated perlite compared to reference render mix composed of silica sand-based aggregate only. Accordingly, porosity of perlite mortars was significantly higher, what led to the lower thermal conductivity values in comparison with reference render. Although the mechanical resistance of perlite-modified renders was lower than that of reference material, it was still sufficient for their use as thermal insulation layer compatible with older construction materials. Based on the obtained data it can be concluded, the analysed hydrated lime-based plasters with perlite admixture can be considered as promising materials for buildings refurbishment.
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spelling doaj-art-6e759ca1cf1d42498ccc32a2954a942e2025-08-20T03:56:18ZengCzech Technical University in PragueActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings2336-53822019-07-01220838710.14311/APP.2019.22.00834568THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERSJaroslav PokornýMilena PavlíkováZbyšek PavlíkLime-based renders are common part of historical or older buildings that don’t always provide a comfortable inside climate due to the problems with high thermal losses. Thermal insulation renders may possibly retrofit or replace original render layers and mitigate negative impacts of harmful external climate. In this respect, determination of basic structural, mechanical and thermal properties of lime-based renders containing various amount of perlite that was used as partial silica sand replacement is presented in the paper. Experimental tests performed for 28 days high relative humidity-cured samples showed significant decrease in bulk density and apparent density for renders with incorporated perlite compared to reference render mix composed of silica sand-based aggregate only. Accordingly, porosity of perlite mortars was significantly higher, what led to the lower thermal conductivity values in comparison with reference render. Although the mechanical resistance of perlite-modified renders was lower than that of reference material, it was still sufficient for their use as thermal insulation layer compatible with older construction materials. Based on the obtained data it can be concluded, the analysed hydrated lime-based plasters with perlite admixture can be considered as promising materials for buildings refurbishment.https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5660hydrated lime, perlite, renders, thermophysical properties
spellingShingle Jaroslav Pokorný
Milena Pavlíková
Zbyšek Pavlík
THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERS
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings
hydrated lime, perlite, renders, thermophysical properties
title THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERS
title_full THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERS
title_fullStr THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERS
title_full_unstemmed THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERS
title_short THE USE OF LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE IN PREPARATION OF THERMAL INSULATION LIME-BASED RENDERS
title_sort use of lightweight aggregate in preparation of thermal insulation lime based renders
topic hydrated lime, perlite, renders, thermophysical properties
url https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/5660
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