Cooling system for kampung house

In Malaysia, installing heat insulator at the attic region is not practical in kampung area. This study is carried out to determine the reliability of heat insulator to decrease the heat gain in kampung house. Besides that, the study test lokan shell fiber composite as heat insulator material and...

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Main Author: Paul Marcos, Aeron
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2010
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4570/
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description In Malaysia, installing heat insulator at the attic region is not practical in kampung area. This study is carried out to determine the reliability of heat insulator to decrease the heat gain in kampung house. Besides that, the study test lokan shell fiber composite as heat insulator material and to compare its performance with other heat insulator as gypsum board, polystyrene and asbestos. Lokan or to be specific, the family of freshwater mussels and the species known as “Polymesoda Expansa” or in the local dialect recognized it as “lokan”. This study also determines the effect of attic air space ventilation in decreasing the interior region heat gain by the cell. For this study five identical test cell were used. Four of it were installed with different insulator including lokan composite, the remaining cell were used as a reference. Analysis of result shows that lokan composite was comparable to asbestos and polystyrene performance in the non-ventilated attic region. When attic region is ventilated, lokan composite shows a better performance than any other insulator tested.
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spelling unimas-45702024-02-27T02:52:15Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4570/ Cooling system for kampung house Paul Marcos, Aeron TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery In Malaysia, installing heat insulator at the attic region is not practical in kampung area. This study is carried out to determine the reliability of heat insulator to decrease the heat gain in kampung house. Besides that, the study test lokan shell fiber composite as heat insulator material and to compare its performance with other heat insulator as gypsum board, polystyrene and asbestos. Lokan or to be specific, the family of freshwater mussels and the species known as “Polymesoda Expansa” or in the local dialect recognized it as “lokan”. This study also determines the effect of attic air space ventilation in decreasing the interior region heat gain by the cell. For this study five identical test cell were used. Four of it were installed with different insulator including lokan composite, the remaining cell were used as a reference. Analysis of result shows that lokan composite was comparable to asbestos and polystyrene performance in the non-ventilated attic region. When attic region is ventilated, lokan composite shows a better performance than any other insulator tested. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2010 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4570/8/Paul%20Marcos%20ft.pdf Paul Marcos, Aeron (2010) Cooling system for kampung house. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Paul Marcos, Aeron
Cooling system for kampung house
title Cooling system for kampung house
title_full Cooling system for kampung house
title_fullStr Cooling system for kampung house
title_full_unstemmed Cooling system for kampung house
title_short Cooling system for kampung house
title_sort cooling system for kampung house
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4570/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4570/8/Paul%20Marcos%20ft.pdf