A Comparative Study Of Mechanical And Thermal Conductivity Properties Of An Insulation Particleboard

Salahuddin, Muhamad Zhafrie (2020) A Comparative Study Of Mechanical And Thermal Conductivity Properties Of An Insulation Particleboard. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

In the last few ten years, many researchers have tried to find new material that would be used in the industry with better properties and friendly environmental. Nowadays, as the earth in a critical condition with much pollutions, green energy technology has been introduced as a way to save the planet. Because of the pressure on slow-growing and save trees, many studies have been carried out to evaluate new, environmentally friendly raw materials for the production of particleboards. In this situation, agricultural waste has shown remarkable potential as a particleboard raw material, since the chemical composition of such waste is similar to that wood. Sugarcane bagasse is a potentially exciting substitute for wood in particleboards manufacturing because it has a similar composition than wood but in different proportions composition approximately 32–34% cellulose, 19–24% hemicellulose, 25–32% lignin, 6–12% extractives, and 2–6% ash. Sugarcane bagasse also has great tensile strength and hardness. Thus, it has the potential to be used as reinforcement in composites. This study aims to fabricate new particleboard insulation composites with low thermal conductivity coefficients using bio-based waste materials. Using wasted material such as sugarcane bagasse would be more green energy and save the environment. The percentage of fiber and polypropylene content use is 10%:90%, 20%:80% and 30%:70%. The result of testing is then compared to the previous research. From the result, sugarcane fiber composite is suitable for making low thermal conductivity particleboard.

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