With continuously rising national energy efficiency standards, thermal insulation is playing a critical role in energy conservation and emissions reduction. Recognized as the "fifth form of energy," it is driving petrochemical enterprises to continually enhance their insulation technology and reduce energy consumption.

The steady rise in the global vehicle population has been accompanied by a growing number of safety incidents, with fire-related hazards being particularly prominent.

In a fire event, organic insulation materials installed under the vehicle floor can intensify the flames and generate toxic fumes. These emissions jeopardize passenger health by impairing respiratory and neurological functions, thereby hindering safe evacuation. Replacing these materials with an inorganic, fire-resistant aerogel insulation blanket can significantly retard the fire spread, crucially extending the time for passenger escape.

In the internal and external wall insulation system, organic insulation materials account for about 90% of the entire insulation material market, which has the advantages of good energy-saving effect, low price, and ease of use. However, during the actual operation, organic insulation materials have gradually exposed their shortcomings, such as poor fire resistance, which is the direct or indirect cause of high fire rates. Especially during the construction process, poor adhesion between the insulation material and the wall has led to the detachment of the insulation material. The characteristic of not being easily decomposed has caused serious environmental pollution problems, poor heat and ultraviolet resistance, and gradually declining fire resistance. Therefore, the application of inorganic insulation materials is gradually expanding. The building insulation market will enter a major turning point from being dominated by organic insulation to inorganic insulation materials becoming an important part of building insulation.

Boilers, aheadturbines, turbine engines, different kinds of equipments as well as all kinds of pipelines containing high temperature media are installed in the compartment of steam-powered vessels, which is located at the bottom floor of the vessels with poor ventilation. Therefore, high room temperature inside the compartment of steam-powered vessels is the major challenge to vessel designers. Insulation materials with high performance are helpful for effectively reducing the heat of the equipments and pipelines inside the compartment, which not only improves economic efficiency of the power system, but also fundamentally brings the temperature within the compartment under control and decreases the cost for ventilation.

To meet the basic heating requirements in cold regions, centralized heating networks are generally constructed. These systems are designed to convey thermal energy generated by thermal power plants situated on the urban periphery through underground pipelines to industrial parks and residential districts. This necessitates the use of substantial quantities of prefabricated insulated pipes. Owing to the extensive length of these pipelines, exceptional thermal insulation performance is imperative.