THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF PARTITION BOARD BY POLYMER COMPOSITE WITH FILLER EMPTY FRIUT BUNCHES FIBRES

Utilization and management of Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB) fibre continue to develop as the main ingredient additional material used in various industrial products. The technological breakthrough targeted this study is developed EFB a filler polymer composite partition boards which are heat retainers interior construction buildings. board insulator, its thermal conductivity affected by mass density porosity. purpose was determine resistance products reduce entering room from outside propagating through walls exposed direct sunlight. test method adopted ASTM C177-13, namely measurement propagation with modification source 40 watts. In addition, tests (referring SNI 03-2105-2006) water absorption D5229M-12) were also carried out on product. specimens based formation Singapore Highpolymer Chemical Product (SHCP) 2667 WNC polyester resin matrix weight fractions 25%, 30%, 35% chop strand mat (CSM). results show that highest value found fraction 0.153 W/m.°C 1.16 g/cm3 capacity 3.38%. However, lowest 35%, 0.147 W/m. °C at 1.24 3.75%.