The invention discloses a
coal ash thermal insulating material and a preparation method of the
coal ash thermal insulating material, belongs to the field of
building material, and relates to a thermal insulating material and a preparation method of the thermal insulating material. The
coal ash thermal insulating material is prepared by expanding and
sintering coal ash and soda ash serving as
raw material. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: mixing and stirring the coal ash and the soda ash in proportion; preheating the mixture to 600-1000 DEG C in a
rotary kiln, and introducing the preheated mixture into a temperature resistant
distributor; uniformly distributing a layer of material from the upper part of a
tunnel kiln to a
kiln car located inside the high-temperature area of the
tunnel kiln by using the
distributor,
sintering and expanding the material at 1200-1250 DEG C so that the material is bonded together; when the material inside the
tunnel kiln is sintered and formed to the prescribed thickness, sending the material and the
kiln car out of the tunnel
kiln, distributing,
sintering, expanding and forming the material inside next kiln car, and repeatedly carrying out the operations; and introducing the material sent out of the kiln car into an insulating kiln, carrying out
thermal insulation for 24 hours, then reducing the temperature to be below 300 DEG C, and cooling,
cutting and forming. The preparation method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of controllable kiln temperature, low production cost, and good
thermal insulation effect; moreover, place and equipment are saved.