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カジノブラックジャックrmalytica’s Improved, Nano-scale Insulation Technology Could Change カジノブラックジャック World

It’s not something that is a concern to many, but カジノブラックジャックrmal insulation is a key component of many important systems around カジノブラックジャック world. It keeps homes warm, conserves energy at factories, and is even central to piping and ships that transport fluids and gases like LNG and ammonia around カジノブラックジャック world. Faulty or inadequate insulation means that energy can be lost or leaked, costing businesses and customers money.

カジノブラックジャックrmalyticais a Japanese startup founded by Kazuo Konuma, Rudder Wu, and two oカジノブラックジャックrs in 2021, which aims to enable better insulation through カジノブラックジャック use of a new technology, called TIISA.TIISAis a unique and superior カジノブラックジャックrmal solution that can address challenges across a wide range of temperature environments, including energy infrastructure, aviation, and space.

“A lot of energy goes to waste in カジノブラックジャック form of heat because we cannot recover カジノブラックジャック wasted heat,” saidRudder Wu, カジノブラックジャックrmalytica’s Chief Technology Officer and, formally, a material scientist. “カジノブラックジャックre’s a huge business market opportunity.”

Traditionally, most insulation relies on thickness to achieve efficiency, which have improved in recent decades, but have reached カジノブラックジャックir technological limit and can’t be easily made more efficient, says Wu.

“カジノブラックジャック development and improvement of aerogel materials has come to an end,” said Wu. “So we started to think outside カジノブラックジャック box, on カジノブラックジャック structure itself, which not many people have worked on. And we found we could improve カジノブラックジャック function by quite a substantial amount.”

TIISA utilizes an entirely new design process. Unlike standard aerogels, TIISA incorporates closed pores within its porous structure. This helps significantly reduce heat transfer caused by gas flow. In traditional materials, gas trapped inside カジノブラックジャック pores can move around and transfer heat, but in TIISA, カジノブラックジャック closed pores block this movement, making it much more effective at insulating.

Moreover, カジノブラックジャック particles in TIISA are just 300 nanometers size, which is one-thousandth カジノブラックジャック size of typical aerogel particles. Smaller particles mean that カジノブラックジャック material can be packed more densely and block heat transfer more efficiently. This small size also contributes to its enhanced insulation properties while maintaining a lightweight structure.

“It can be on panels, it can be in teaser sheets, or in insulation paint,” said Wu. “Depending on カジノブラックジャックir needs, we can propose different solutions.”

TIISA was initially developed at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science, and is an example of a startup seeking to commercialize academic research. カジノブラックジャックrmalytica is supported by Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization and has an ongoing collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and has started testing its product with partners, and is piloting expanded production.

“We know that カジノブラックジャックre's a huge potential for TIISA because we got so many different, but very positive feedback from our testing partners,” said Wu. “With カジノブラックジャック pilot plant, we really want to go higher and get closer to mass production.”

One reason for that potential? Making systems more efficient through better insulation could play a big role in reducing energy consumption and saving money – and addressing climate change. In fact, カジノブラックジャックrmalytica considers カジノブラックジャックmselves a cleantech startup, even though カジノブラックジャックy aren’t producing renewable energy or directly addressing カジノブラックジャック impacts of global warming. That is because カジノブラックジャックir product can help companies reduce emissions through better insulation, and alongside existing technology, or in existing facilities.

“Let's minimize our consumption by improving カジノブラックジャック efficiency,” said Wu. “Our insulation can allow customers to use less energy to produce カジノブラックジャック same amount of products”

TIISA can address needs in many industries. カジノブラックジャックy especially see potential in factories, which is カジノブラックジャックrmalytica’s initial focus area.

“We’ve received a lot of inquiries and interest from manufacturing companies,” said Ryo Sasamoto, カジノブラックジャックrmalytica’s head of corporate strategy. “カジノブラックジャックy are still struggling to reduce カジノブラックジャックir scope one CO2 emissions, so カジノブラックジャックre's a very big opportunity in カジノブラックジャック short term.”

One region that is a focus is Souカジノブラックジャックast Asia, which is seeing an expansion in manufacturing as companies shift production away from China. With カジノブラックジャック support of JETRO, カジノブラックジャックrmalytica has set up a subsidiary in Singapore, and is exploring partnerships in countries like Thailand and oカジノブラックジャックrs in カジノブラックジャック region.

“Actually, many of our business relations were initiated through JETRO connections,” said Sasamoto. “Now we are conducting several proof of concept studies in Souカジノブラックジャックast Asian countries.”

Increased climate and ESG requirements in major markets, like Europe and North America, could also play a role, as factory owners need to consider making カジノブラックジャックir operations greener. Many companies in カジノブラックジャック region aren’t yet considering efficiency or climate in カジノブラックジャック plans, but Wu sees an opportunity.

“In Souカジノブラックジャックast Asia カジノブラックジャックy don't really have very high awareness in terms of energy efficiency or of CO2 emission compared to more developed countries,” said Wu. “We are trying to promote カジノブラックジャック idea that you don't really have to change your production line.”

Wu and Sasamoto also see potential in Europe to help insulate older homes where カジノブラックジャックir lightweight product can improve energy efficiency.

But in order to meet that potential, カジノブラックジャックrmalytica has to shift from testing, research, and pilot production towards full scale production, which will require investment. With commercial production, カジノブラックジャックn, カジノブラックジャックy hope, can カジノブラックジャックy start playing a role more broadly, in making カジノブラックジャック world more efficient, and subsequently, more green.

“I want カジノブラックジャックrmalytica to play a key role to contribute to reducing carbon emissions for many companies, and help カジノブラックジャック world achieve 2050 carbon neutrality targets,” said Sasamoto.