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The enhancement of heat transfer of wood (Neobalanocarpus Heimii, Shorea Sp, Instia Palembanica Miq) of bio-composite materi als for green building in Malaysia


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Amalina Alias and Mazlan Mohamed and Hamid Yusoff and Mohd Hazim Mohamad Amini and M.S. Abdul Aziz and Zairi Ismael Rizman (2015) The enhancement of heat transfer of wood (Neobalanocarpus Heimii, Shorea Sp, Instia Palembanica Miq) of bio-composite materi als for green building in Malaysia. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10 (1). pp. 357-369. ISSN 1819-6608

Abstract

In this study, heat transfer investigation is done in or
der to improve the cooling effect for green building without
damaging the environment. This proposal is provoked by the desire to reduce the temperature for the green building and
to sustain the environment and natural resources. The building industry is also a large consumer of non-renewable
materials and this trend has increasing dramatically over the past century. To this end, we have been addressing
sustainability concerns related to building construction materials through many research approach applied to building
elements where we can collectively influence design, mate
rials, construction, energy consumption and disposal. Bio-
composites can best be used in the building industry today and what fundamental advancements are needed to facilitate
more widespread application of these clean, energy-efficient and resource-rich construction materials. The use of heat
insulation in the building envelope in hot and humid climate is investigated through computer simulation. Simulation of
heat transfer in the aspect of reducing the temperature phenomenon inside the green building using FLUENT-GAMBIT.
In this project work the simulation of heat transfer and the temperature curve in the traditional wood house and green
building model is computed out using gambit and fluent software. The use of thermal insulation in the building envelope
in hot and humid climate is investigated through computer simulation. Comparison of temperature profiles of the material
in the traditional wood house and green building model using constant temperature heat source and linearly varying
temperature of the heat source for unsteady state is done. Also the time for temperature to become steady is compared.
The problem will be solved by using the software package FLUENT – GAMBIT. The parameters under analysis focused
on changing the influence of exterior walls in the energy consumption for cooling the building.

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Item Type: Indexed Article
Collection Type: Institution
Date: 2015
Journal or Publication Title: ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
ISSN: 1819-6608
Uncontrolled Keywords: Bio-composites - FLUENT - Heat Transfer - CFD
Faculty/Centre/Office: Faculty of Earth Sciences
URI: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7507
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