Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Fiber Brick Block

Juleza , Zakaria (2010) Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Fiber Brick Block. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The purposes of this study are to study the mechanical and physical properties of brick block by adding with Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) fiber as a filler or reinforcement material and to fabricate new brick block based on the best EFB fiber composition. This study was started with the proper green material selection as filler and matrix material. It will be mixed with clay and water manually by several weights and percentage in the appropriate form of beam shaped and then compacted using a hydraulic press machine. The resulting composite can be divided into five compositions, which are 0 wt. %, 2 wt. %, 4 wt. %, 6 wt. % and 8 wt. % of filler and will be compared with current or exact product available at market. Then, the composite will be dried at normal temperature is around 38 º C under the sun for a few days. Finally, the composite will be burned until the temperature reaches 500 º C for products that really strength and can be tested with several testing process. Products will be tested according to the size of the original product which is 220 mm x 105 mm x 70 mm. The results from the flexural and compression tests were demonstrated that the strength of brick block was increase when increasing the fiber content. Even though adding fiber contributes to increasing the strength, the strength does not increase linearly with increasing fiber content in percentage. In other words, the increasing in strength is only up to certain fiber content. The results from density test also demonstrated that the fiber content increases the density of brick block when 8 wt. % EFB fiber is added in the brick block. The physical properties of EFB fiber brick block done by shrinkage and water absorption tests where the results also shows that the increase of fiber were improved of physical properties such as reduce the loss of weight and size of brick. The best composition for this study is a adding with 8 wt. % of EFB fiber in order to improve the mechanical and physical properties of brick block.

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