Comparison study of thermal insulation characteristics from oil palm fibre

Hassan, S. and Tesfamichael, A. and Mohd Nor, M.F. (2014) Comparison study of thermal insulation characteristics from oil palm fibre. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

In this study, investigation was conducted to study the use of solid biomass from palm oil mill as insulation material. The experimental study concentrates on using oil palm fiber to determine the unidirectional thermal conductivity, k. The experiment was conducted at different temperature ranges and packing density. The values of k obtained were found to be 0.2 W/m.K to 0.069 W/m.K for a packing density between 66 kg/m3 to 110 kg/m 3, and at a temperature between 40°C to 70°C. Comparisons were made with others common insulating materials, and it was found that the experimental k values for oil palm waste insulation was lower by between 4 to 56 times for rockwool and between 7 to 57 times for glass fiber at low temperatures. The value k of oil palm fiber however showed an increase at higher temperatures and was lower at lower packing densities. Although not being able to match the k values of common insulators at higher temperatures, other factors such as cost and environmental benefits of using waste material should be taken into consideration and hence encouraging its use as at least a supplement to existing insulation materials. © 2014 Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information: cited By 4; Conference of 4th International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability, ICPER 2014 ; Conference Date: 3 June 2014 Through 5 June 2014; Conference Code:106620
Uncontrolled Keywords: Fibers; Insulating materials; Oil shale; Permafrost; Thermal conductivity, Comparison study; Environmental benefits; Insulation materials; Low temperatures; Oil palm fibres; Packing density; Temperature range; Thermal insulation characteristics, Palm oil
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2023 16:16
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2023 16:16
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/5105

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