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creators_name: Puad, N.H.A.
creators_name: Nuruddin, M.F.
creators_name: Lian, J.J.
creators_name: Othman, I.
title: Roof insulation material from low density polyethylene (LDPE), kapok fibre and silica aerogel
ispublished: pub
keywords: Aerogels; Environmental engineering; Fibers; Insulating materials; Insulation; Offshore oil well production; Polyethylenes; Roofs; Silica; Silica gel; Temperature; Tensile strength, Comfort temperatures; Composite roof; Hot weather; Indoor temperature; Low density polyethylene(LDPE); Roof insulations; Silica aerogels; Thermal Performance, Thermal conductivity
note: cited By 6; Conference of 3rd International Conference on Civil, offshore and Environmental Engineering, ICCOEE 2016 ; Conference Date: 15 August 2016 Through 17 August 2016; Conference Code:180169
abstract: Malaysia is experiencing hot weather mainly during daylight and mostly affects building occupants. This research aims to develop effective roof insulation materials using three types of composite roof insulation samples from aluminium foil, kapok fibre, and stone wool. Based on the simulation, all of the composites had maintained the indoor temperature at lesser than 34°C which is the acceptable thermal comfort temperature limit. Kapok fibre and silica aerogel incorporated with low-density polyethylene (LDPE) has the lowest thermal conductivity which is 0.485W/mK in the analysis of hourly temperature and shows better thermal performance in comparison with other composites. Tensile and thermal properties of the composite were dominated by 94 of LDPE which lead to small difference in tensile strength and thermal performance of the composites. Kapok fibre with silica aerogel and LDPE shows the best performance and has potential to be adopted as roof insulation compared to the other composites. © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
date: 2016
publisher: CRC Press/Balkema
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85009812365&doi=10.1201%2fb21942-109&partnerID=40&md5=d3ad1d0c6478fc07f008bb13bebf0d7d
id_number: 10.1201/b21942-109
full_text_status: none
publication: Engineering Challenges for Sustainable Future - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Civil, offshore and Environmental Engineering, ICCOEE 2016
pagerange: 537-542
refereed: TRUE
isbn: 9781138029781
citation:   Puad, N.H.A. and Nuruddin, M.F. and Lian, J.J. and Othman, I.  (2016) Roof insulation material from low density polyethylene (LDPE), kapok fibre and silica aerogel.  In: UNSPECIFIED.