Rice Straw and Flax Fiber Particleboards as a Product of Agricultural Waste: An Evaluation of Technical Properties
Construction materials have a direct impact on the environment, on people, and their health. In addition, building insulation plays a decisive role in terms of energy consumption of buildings and regarding CO<sub>2</sub>-emissions over their whole life cycle. In order to achieve a holist...
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| author | Zakia Hussein Taha Ashour Mervat Khalil Adel Bahnasawy Samir Ali Jutta Hollands Azra Korjenic |
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| description | Construction materials have a direct impact on the environment, on people, and their health. In addition, building insulation plays a decisive role in terms of energy consumption of buildings and regarding CO<sub>2</sub>-emissions over their whole life cycle. In order to achieve a holistic concept for green building worldwide, it is necessary to develop ecological insulating materials and to scientifically examine them in terms of their technical properties, as done with particleboards from agricultural waste presented in this article. This study aims to characterize the properties’ tensile and compressive strength, modulus of rupture (MOR), and elasticity (MOE) and thermal conductivity of particleboards affected by parameters, such as waste type (rice straw or flax shives), particleboard density, resin type, and content, as well as the use of treated rice straw. Particleboards made from flax shives had superior properties compared to the rice straw particles. The mechanical properties of the boards increase with an increasing resin content, except for the MOR and MOE, which decrease with an increasing resin content, and reach their peak value at a resin content of 10%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-439a8d954bd440b7a73b9142568cf1a92022-12-22T01:03:52ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172019-09-01918387810.3390/app9183878app9183878Rice Straw and Flax Fiber Particleboards as a Product of Agricultural Waste: An Evaluation of Technical PropertiesZakia Hussein0Taha Ashour1Mervat Khalil2Adel Bahnasawy3Samir Ali4Jutta Hollands5Azra Korjenic6Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, EgyptAgricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, EgyptInstitute of Building Physics and Environment, National Research Center of Housing and Buildings, Cairo 12622, EgyptAgricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, EgyptAgricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Moshtohor, Toukh 13736, EgyptResearch Unit of Ecological Building Technologies, Institute of Material Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology, Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13/207-03, A-1040 Vienna, AustriaResearch Unit of Ecological Building Technologies, Institute of Material Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology, Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13/207-03, A-1040 Vienna, AustriaConstruction materials have a direct impact on the environment, on people, and their health. In addition, building insulation plays a decisive role in terms of energy consumption of buildings and regarding CO<sub>2</sub>-emissions over their whole life cycle. In order to achieve a holistic concept for green building worldwide, it is necessary to develop ecological insulating materials and to scientifically examine them in terms of their technical properties, as done with particleboards from agricultural waste presented in this article. This study aims to characterize the properties’ tensile and compressive strength, modulus of rupture (MOR), and elasticity (MOE) and thermal conductivity of particleboards affected by parameters, such as waste type (rice straw or flax shives), particleboard density, resin type, and content, as well as the use of treated rice straw. Particleboards made from flax shives had superior properties compared to the rice straw particles. The mechanical properties of the boards increase with an increasing resin content, except for the MOR and MOE, which decrease with an increasing resin content, and reach their peak value at a resin content of 10%.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/18/3878rice strawthermal insulationmaterialecological buildingparticleboardagricultural wasteflax |
| spellingShingle | Zakia Hussein Taha Ashour Mervat Khalil Adel Bahnasawy Samir Ali Jutta Hollands Azra Korjenic Rice Straw and Flax Fiber Particleboards as a Product of Agricultural Waste: An Evaluation of Technical Properties Applied Sciences rice straw thermal insulation material ecological building particleboard agricultural waste flax |
| title | Rice Straw and Flax Fiber Particleboards as a Product of Agricultural Waste: An Evaluation of Technical Properties |
| title_full | Rice Straw and Flax Fiber Particleboards as a Product of Agricultural Waste: An Evaluation of Technical Properties |
| title_fullStr | Rice Straw and Flax Fiber Particleboards as a Product of Agricultural Waste: An Evaluation of Technical Properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rice Straw and Flax Fiber Particleboards as a Product of Agricultural Waste: An Evaluation of Technical Properties |
| title_short | Rice Straw and Flax Fiber Particleboards as a Product of Agricultural Waste: An Evaluation of Technical Properties |
| title_sort | rice straw and flax fiber particleboards as a product of agricultural waste an evaluation of technical properties |
| topic | rice straw thermal insulation material ecological building particleboard agricultural waste flax |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/18/3878 |
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