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Insulating materials derived from agriculture wastes have gained interest to manufacture sustainable green composites. In this study, blend of Rice Husk (RH) forms as reinforcement and Plaster of Paris (POP) as matrix were selected to fabricate insulating composite material. The experimentation was done to analyze the effect of different forms of RH viz. as a fiber, as grinded and as fly ash in different compositions into POP matrix. Investigation was done to analyze the effect of different forms of fiber reinforcement on thermal insulation by measuring the thermal conductivity as well as strength of the composite. The temperature was measured by using multiple thermocouples across the sides of insulations and studied the heat conduction behavior across the composite slabs. The strength of composite slabs was tested by subjecting slabs to transverse weight. The results revealed that inclusion of RH in grinded form (RH-G) gives best insulation with 3 wt% content proved to be optimum level, whereas ash form helped in imparting adequate strength to the composite. These findings will help in exploring the potential of RH for sustainable manufacturing of green insulators.
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Singh, G., Singh, P., Aggarwal, A., Kumar, S., Jain, G. (2023). An Experimental Study on Plaster of Paris Composite Reinforced with Multi-form Rice Husk for Thermal Insulation. In: Deepak, B., Bahubalendruni, M.R., Parhi, D., Biswal, B.B. (eds) Recent Trends in Product Design and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4606-6_38
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