Performance Evaluation of Insulation Board Developed from Potato Peel Waste

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New recyclable  To create a new  Have developed a new wood-based Having the same
building material, made biodegradable and product similar to MDF that uses a goal in reducing
partially from potatoes, University of recyclable form of resin based on starch from completely the food waste by
could help solve waste Leicester, 31 medium density natural sources, including potatoes. using it as building
problem October 2013, fibreboard (MDF).  The use of a material which can either material.
ScienceDaily
 To reduce the be recycled or composted would be a
problem of future significant benefit to an industry often
waste criticised for the amount of waste it
generates.
Maria Jose  To create a product  The potato peels are plasticized by Using food
Students try to give Burgos, people can have in melting them a little bit, and a bond remains in making
lowly potato peel a September 12, their houses as an between the potato peels' particles is building materials.
future in furniture 2017, CBC alternative to created.
News something that has This allows them to bind products
formaldehyde in it. together without need of
formaldehyde, which is the glues of
 To reduce waste by
some household furnishings, walls
using food remains,
and stairs made from composite wood
especially potato
materials.
peelings, to make a
safe material for use
in the home.
Buildings made from Marie Allimann,  To reduce the  From an environmental perspective, Incorporating
organic waste? November 13, depletion of natural these traditional waste management organic waste into
2017, Novae resources and turn processes are more efficient than construction
this waste into sending waste to landfills. materials.
something that’s  Aside from the environmental
commercially benefits, these models have the
valuable. potential to create positive impacts on
several levels: economic, social and
technical.

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Potato skin proteome
is enriched with plant
defence components
Potato Cork August 21,
2012. Materia.
Gilli  To determine the  The protective characteristics of the This can help the
Barel and Idit components of potato periderm are thought to derive from study to prove that
Ginzberg. July peel that can provide the deposition of suberin on the walls Potato peel can be
24, 2008. thermal insulation of its phellem/skin cells. Following made as an
Journal of suberization of their walls, the phellem insulation board
Experimental cells die, thus creating an outer because of its
botany defensive layer: the cell corpses are property which is
filled with air and therefore provide thermal insulator
thermal insulation
 To know other related  Materia, a global network in the area This supports our
studies about making of innovative materials used Potato study on the
potato peel as peel as a Cork board. Potato Cork is possibility of
construction materials a completely bio-based material,
Potato Peel as
made from a vegetable residue:
potato peelings. The peelings are Insulation Board
hygienised and, depending on the
application, pressed and dried. Potato
Cork has a low specific weight, is fire
resistant, isolating and water
repellent, and has a high tensile
strength. In addition the product is
sustainable and has a natural look. In
this application, the material has
extensive applications.

In the future cities could Tessa Love. Nov.  Aims to recycle as
be built with food waste 2.2017.Green much food waste as
Matters possible to help
lessen environmental
issue by making some
useful food waste as
construction
materials
 A number of companies and designers According to this
are already experimenting with food- study, these food
based materials for construction. In waste should be
2014, MoMA used 10,000 bricks recycled and to
constructed from mushrooms to build have purpose
an experimental tower. The startup instead of
that grew the materials, Ecovative, throwing it away.
said the bricks can be tailored to Other companies
different densities and substitute are using food
particle board and Styrofoam for waste as

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insulation. In Germany, the construction

company Wood K Plus has been materials and one
experimenting with a building of these is the
material made from corn cobs, which potato peel.
are strong, insulating, and
inexpensive. The boards could be
used for lightweight walls, doors, and
furniture.
 Then there's the company Enviroboard,
which is making walls from compressed
wheat; Leoxx, which is making
biodegradable textiles and carpets from
banana plants; Organiods, which is
making acoustic panels from a blend of
seeds, stalks, and leaves; Materia, which
is creating a cork substitute out of potato
peels, which is fire resistant, water
repellent, and lightweight, and can be
used for acoustic and thermal insulation.
Development of Green Sameer  The purpose of the  The Kenaf and polyurethane bio- This study has
Insulation Boards from Ibraheem, Aidy study was to develop composite board was successfully bearing to the
Kenaf Fibres and Ali, Khalina effective green developed. The mechanical present study
Polyurethane Abdan insulation boards characterization of the samples because some of
April 2011 fabricated from showed that the flexural properties these test
Taylor and polyurethane increased with Kenaf fibre content. The procedures such
Francis reinforced with kenaf optimal value of the fibre contents was as flexural test
fibres using Flexural observed at 50% Kenaf fibres. At procedure, thermal
Test Procedure, Scan values below this, the flexural conductivity and
Electropy Microscopy properties decreased due to the weak water absorption
(SEM), Thermal nature of the polymer. At this value the test will be used in
Conductivity, Limiting polymer (matrix) was able withstand our study.
Oxygen Index and the effect of loading. The Kenaf fibres
Water Absorption did not act as a barrier to flexure and
method. were sufficiently able to absorb the

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load effects, and this result was

verified via SEM. The 60% Kenaf
samples possessed the lowest flexural
behaviour. This behaviour was a result
for the poor adhesion between the
Kenaf fibres and the matrix
(polyurethane). The samples were
deflected, and flexure occurred at low
load values.Thermal conductivity
decreased with increasing fibre
content, while the thermal resistivity
and the LOI increased with increasing
fibre content.The sample with 50%
kenaf fibres by weight had the smallest
water absorption percentage,
thickness swelling, and volume
change. This is likely due to better
adhesion between the fibres and the
polyurethane matrix.Thermal
conductivity was increased by applying
the alkaline treatment. Moreover, the
alkaline treatment decreased the
thermal resistance of the bio-
composites. The NaOH treatment on
the kenaf fibres significant improved
the mechanical properties; this
treatment increased the flexural
strength. Moreover, this treatment
increased the adhesion between the
kenaf fibre surface and the
polyurethane. However, the removal of
the lignin, a result of this treatment, led
to an increase in the voids in the kenaf
fibre microstructure that facilitated
increased water absorption.

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Characterization of Mariana  To discuss the  Different thermal insulation materials The variables used
thermal insulation Palumbo, possibility of based on crop wastes and natural in this study are
materials developed Antonia developing insulation binders where characterized. Their crop wastes. This
with crop wastes and Navarron, materials for the thermal behavior (both steady state study is related to
natural binders Jaume construction sector and dynamic), equilibrium moisture the present study
made of non-industrial content and water vapour permeability because the
Avellaneda,
crop wastes and were analyzed. The hygroscopicity of researchers used
Ana Maria crop wastes as
Lacasta natural binders. the mixtures, measured by the
equilibrium moisture content, depend variable. The
on the specific crop waste used, being present study will
October 2014 also test the
Taylor and mixtures with corn pith the ones with
higher values. Mixtures bonded with thermal
Francis conductivity of the
alginate and starch show similar
results while casein seems to produced product.
substantially increase the moisture
sorption of the samples. Water vapour
permeability is similar for all the cases
and is in agreement with the values
found in literature for other fibre
insulation materials. Results for
thermal conductivity are acceptable for
insulation materials as they are
comparable to wood fibre boards, even
if they are higher than other
commercially available insulation
materials such as mineral wools or
EPS. The lower value was measured
on corn pith bonded with alginate.

Comparative Study of M. Abubakar, A.  To determine the  The research work revealed that the This study has
Thermal Insulation Raji, and M. A, suitability of the leave fibre boards LBF of Piliostigma relevance to the
Boards from Leaf and Hassan particleboards for present study
thonningiiL. has larger voids
Bark Fibres of Camel’s January 2018 insulation. To because the
compared to the bark fibre boards
Foot (Piliostigma determine the thermal method used to
Thonningiil)
BFB resulting in their lower densities determine the
and physical
properties of board.
and lower thermal conductivity. It properties of

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also indicates that the LFB has thermal insulation

higher specific heat values and lower board will be used
thermal diffusivity compared to the in the present
BFB. On the other hand, the BFB study to determine
perform better than the LFB in terms the properties of
of water absorption properties. Thus, the produced
it can be concluded that the boards product.
from the leave fibre have better
physical and thermal properties viz;
density, thermal conductivity, specific
heat and thermal diffusivity when
compared with the boards from the
bark fibres under the same
conditions.

Erosa, Ralph Anton I. | Garcia, Maria Lorelyn |Guevarra, Eva Marie C.| Leuterio, Rizza C. | Revilla, Mark Reiner P. BSCE 5E