Thermal insulation particle board made from sugarcane bagasse and kenaf fibers reinforced with polythlene

Stephanie Mujan , Hamilton (2013) Thermal insulation particle board made from sugarcane bagasse and kenaf fibers reinforced with polythlene. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This study is about inventing a thermal insulation particle board. Sugarcane bagasse and kenaf fibers were chosen for this project. It is believed that natural fibers have a lot of advantages compared to the non-natural fibers. These materials will be formed into a composite particle board by using polyethylene as the binder. In this study, different composition of these three main materials will be produced. The first composition consists of 100% polyethylene. The second composition is 80% polyethylene, 10% kenaf fiber and 10% sugarcane baggase. The third composition is 60% polyethylene, 10% sugarcane baggase, 30% kenaf fiber while the fourth composition is 60% of polyethylene, 10% kenaf fiber and 30% of sugarcane bagasse. The mechanical properties for every different composition will be measured by using Rockwell for the hardness test. Instron will be used for the tensile and bending test, KD2 Pro to measure the thermal conductivity and pendulum impact test machine to measure the impact. Based on all mechanical tests that had being done, the composition with 60% polyethylene, 30% sugarcane and 10% of kenaf fibers has the best mechanical properties.

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