The Effects of Oil Palm Shell Volume Fractions on Thermal Conductivity for Insulation Concrete

2015 ◽

Vol 747 ◽

pp. 217-220

Author(s):

Eravan Serri ◽

Mohd Zailan Sulieman ◽

Md Azree Othuman Mydin

Keyword(s):

Thermal Conductivity ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Lightweight Concrete ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Air Permeability ◽

Concrete Category ◽

Palm Shell ◽

Oil Palm Shell ◽

Durability Performance

This paper presents a solid agricultural solid waste, namely oil palm shell (OPS) as coarse aggregate to produce insulation concrete. This study will investigate the porosity, air permeability and thermal conductivity of OPS lightweight concrete (OPSLC). Nine mix designs were developed which comprised three OPS shapes and three volume fractions of OPS. The results indicated that increased volume fraction of OPS caused decreased durability performance and thermal conductivity. The shape of OPS is found to have significant effects to the porosity content and air permeability values. Thus, there is a strong relationship between porosity content and air permeability for all specimens. Based on the results, all specimens are found to be in the range of insulation concrete category except for specimen C-30, which has more than 0.75W/mK thermal conductivity according to RILEM requirement. The thermal conductivity of OPSLC is comparable with artificial lightweight aggregate.

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DURABILITY PERFORMANCE OF OIL PALM SHELL LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE FOR INSULATION BUILDING MATERIAL

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v78.8228 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 78 (5) ◽

Author(s):

Eravan Serri ◽

Mohd Zailan Suleiman ◽

Roslan Talib ◽

Mahyuddin Ramli

Keyword(s):

Thermal Conductivity ◽

Water Absorption ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Lightweight Concrete ◽

Volume Fraction ◽

Cement Matrix ◽

Void Content ◽

Palm Shell ◽

Oil Palm Shell ◽

Durability Performance

The advantage of oil palm shell (OPS) as coarse aggregate in concrete can be extended to insulation concrete capacity. Thus, this paper will explain the durability of oil palm shell lightweight concrete (OPSLC) for insulation concrete capacity in building. Nine mix designs were developed containing high volume of OPS, which is 30, 32 and 34% from total volume of concrete with three different OPS shapes (raw, crushed and partly crushed). The water absorption and drying shrinkage were examined; besides, thermal conductivity testing that was conducted for confirmation as insulation concrete category. The observation of all the specimens lasted one year for durability performance test and 28 days for thermal conductivity value. The highest water absorption value is 43% from previous study that was designed for structural concrete. Higher OPS volume fraction produced higher air void content and caused water loss and increase of the hydration effects on OPSLC shrinkage. It also affected the microstructure conditions, especially specimens that used 34% of OPS volume fraction which show weak interface bond in cement matrix.

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A comparison of the thermal conductivity of oil palm shell foamed concrete with conventional materials

Materials & Design (1980-2015) ◽

10.1016/j.matdes.2013.04.078 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 522-529 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

U. Johnson Alengaram ◽

Baig Abdullah Al Muhit ◽

Mohd Zamin bin Jumaat ◽

Michael Liu Yong Jing

Keyword(s):

Thermal Conductivity ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Palm Shell ◽

Oil Palm Shell ◽

Foamed Concrete

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Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Synthetic Polypropylene Fiber–Reinforced Renewable Oil Palm Shell Lightweight Concrete

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14092337 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (9) ◽

pp. 2337

Author(s):

Leong Tatt Loh ◽

Ming Kun Yew ◽

Ming Chian Yew ◽

Jing Han Beh ◽

Foo Wei Lee ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Thermal Conductivity ◽

Compressive Strength ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Lightweight Concrete ◽

Polypropylene Fiber ◽

Extraction Process ◽

Mechanical And Thermal Properties ◽

Time Saving ◽

Palm Shell ◽

Oil Palm Shell

Oil palm shell (OPS) is an agricultural solid waste from the extraction process of palm oil. All these wastes from industry pose serious disposal issues for the environment. This research aims to promote the replacement of conventional coarse aggregates with eco-friendly OPS aggregate which offers several advantages, such as being lightweight, renewable, and domestically available. This paper evaluates the mechanical and thermal performances of renewable OPS lightweight concrete (LWC) reinforced with various type of synthetic polypropylene (SPP) fibers. Monofilament polypropylene (MPS) and barchip polypropylene straight (BPS) were added to concrete at different volume fractions (singly and hybrid) of 0%, 0.1%, 0.3% and 0.4%. All specimens were mixed by using a new mixing method with a time saving of up to 14.3% compared to conventional mixing methods. The effects of SPP fibers on the mechanical properties were investigated by compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and residual strength. The strength of the oil palm shell lightweight concrete hybrid 0.4% (OPSLWC–HYB–0.4%) mixture achieved the highest compressive strength of 29 MPa at 28 days. The inclusion of 0.3% of BPS showed a positive outcome with the lowest thermal conductivity value at 0.55 W/m °C. Therefore, the results revealed that incorporation of BPS fiber enhanced the performance of thermal conductivity tests as compared to inclusion of MPS fiber. Hence, renewable OPS LWC was proven to be a highly recommended environmentally friendly aggregate as an alternative solution to replace natural aggregates used in the concrete industry.

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Thermal Properties of Oil Palm Shell Lightweight Concrete with Different Mix Designs

Jurnal Teknologi ◽

10.11113/jt.v70.2507 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 70 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Eravan Serri ◽

Md Azree Othuman Mydin ◽

Mohd Zailan Suleiman

Keyword(s):

Thermal Conductivity ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Lightweight Concrete ◽

Waste Product ◽

Lightweight Aggregate ◽

Strong Relationship ◽

Unit Weight ◽

Insulation Material ◽

Palm Shell ◽

Oil Palm Shell

Nowadays, the utilization of Oil Palm Shell (OPS) as lightweight aggregate in concrete especially in the structure application has become prevalent. As an industrial waste product, Oil Palm Shell (OPS) possibly will be the alternative material to be employed in the construction industry. With its advantage as heat resistant material, this study will focus on the potential of OPS as lightweight aggregate with regard to the optimum content of OPS for thermal insulating material. A total of 15 mixes were prepared and tested with 3 different cement/sand ratios (1.7, 1.8, 1.9) and 5 different cement contents (300, 350, 400, 450, 500 kg/m³). The result of this study show that the highest sand used will produced good workability but increased thermal conductivity of mix value. The test result indicates that the thermal conductivity and insulation criterion is substantially improved with the volume use of OPS and strong relationship between thermal conductivity and unit weight is obtained. The measured thermal conductivity value range from 0.54W/mC to 1.1 W/mC. The ideal value for semi structure insulation material establish by RILEM only achieve for mix that used cement content 400 kg/m³ and below, which thermal conductivity is 0.75 W/mC below.

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The Effects of Oil Palm Shell Aggregate Shape on the Thermal Properties and Density of Concrete

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.935.172 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 935 ◽

pp. 172-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Eravan Serri ◽

M. Zailan Suleiman ◽

M. Azree Othuman Mydin

Keyword(s):

Thermal Conductivity ◽

Thermal Properties ◽

Thermal Diffusivity ◽

Specific Heat ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Dry Density ◽

Insulation Material ◽

High Porosity ◽

Palm Shell ◽

Oil Palm Shell

Oil Palm Shell (OPS) are one of low thermal conductivity course aggregate for lightweight concrete. This paper report on all thermal properties parameter, thermal conductivity, specific heat and thermal diffusivity. Tree mixes of OPS of air dry density 1733 to 1811 kg/m3 and oven dry density 1502 to 1632 kg/m3 were prepaid and tested for thermal properties and compared with normal concrete using crushed granite as control and conventional materials. Raw shape with air density 1733 kg/m3 showed the lowest thermal properties with thermal conductivity, specific heat and thermal diffusivity of 0.59 W/mK, 1.352 MJ/m3K and 0.4414 mm2/s, respectively. All OPS mix can be consider as semi structure insulation material as per the RILEM classification which is thermal conductivity lower than 0.75 W/mK. High porosity content in concrete created act as an insulation characteristic and showed OPS have good potential as green insulation materials.

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Pengaruh Tekanan dan Penggunaan Conplast terhadap Sifat Mekanik Eternit dari Abu Cangkang Sawit

Jurnal Riset Teknologi Industri ◽

10.26578/jrti.v8i15.1552 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (15) ◽

pp. 47-54

Author(s):

Haspiadi Haspiadi

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Properties ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Modulus Of Elasticity ◽

Modulus Of Rupture ◽

Palm Shell ◽

Oil Palm Shell ◽

Density Values ◽

Test Result

The purpose of this research is to know the influence of pressure and use of conplast against mechanical properties which are a Modulus of Elasticity (MOE) and Modulus of Rupture (MOR) of plasterboard. The study is done because still low quality of plasterboard made from a mixture of ashes of oil-palm shell especially of the mechanical properties compared to the controls. The method of this reserach used variation of printed pressure and the addition of conplast. Test result is obtained that the highest value of Modulus of Elasticity (MOE) 90875.94 Kg/cm2, Modulus of Rupture (MOR) 61.16 Kg/cm2 and density values in generally good printed at the pressure 60 g/cm3 and the addition of conplast 25% as well as the composition of the ash of palm shell oil 40%: limestone 40%: cement 15%: fiber 5% and 300 mL of water. ABSTRAK Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh tekanan dan penggunaan conplast terhadap sifat mekanik yaitu kuat lentur dan keteguhan patah eternit berbahan dasar abu cangkang sawit. Penelitian ini dilakukan karena masi rendahnya mutu eternit berbahan campuran abu cangkang sawit dari bolier khususnya sifat mekanik dibandingkan dengan kontrol. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah dengan variasi tekanan cetak dan penambahan conplast. Hasil uji diperoleh bahwa kuat lentur tertinggi sebesar 90875,94 Kg/cm2 dan keteguhan patah sebesar 61,16 Kg/cm2, yang dicetak pada tekanan 60 g/cm3 dan penambahan conplast 25% dengan komposisi abu cangkang sawit 40 %: kapur 40 % : semen 15 %: serat 5 % dan air 300 mL.Kata Kunci : Abu cangkang sawit, conplast, kuat lentur, keteguhan patah.

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