Exploration to find green building materials from recycled solid wastes

Din, Abdul Talib and Mohd Hafiz, Norzawahir and Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah (2018) Exploration to find green building materials from recycled solid wastes. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 47 (1). pp. 35-44. ISSN 2289-7879

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Abstract

This research studied the properties and the production of thermal insulation materials from recycled solid waste and their applications in residential house construction. Recycled materials that were used as specimens are aluminum, plastic, bagasse, textile, oil palm leaves, twigs, paper, corn cob, rubber, coconut husk, coconut shell, granite, wood, iron, glass, kenaf, and concrete. The specimens were produced by using composite method with epoxy solution as the binder to the loose grain of recycle waste material. Experimental method of the specimens has also been discussed in this project which is by recording the temperature of each specimen in several time periods and apply the data in the Fourier’s equation to determine heat transfer rate. This project therefore discussed mainly about theory of heat transfer which consist of conduction and radiation. From the research, it is found that textile, oil palm leaves, kenaf, coconut shell, twigs, paper, and coconut fiber are good insulator. Since the quantity of oil palm leaves and textile are abundantly available and have longer life span as compared to the rest, the oil palm leaves and textile are selected to be the based materials for the building insulation.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Green Building Materials; Thermal Insulator; Recycled Solid Waste
Subjects:	T Technology > TH Building construction > TH1000-1725 Systems of building construction. Including fireproof construction, concrete construction
Divisions:	Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering > Department of Manufacturing Engineering
Depositing User:	Miss Afiqah Faiqah Mohd Hafiz
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2021 02:19
Last Modified:	17 Nov 2021 02:19
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/3369

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