Japanese company research with Malaysia produce thermal insulation material

KUALA LUMPUR: Japan Insulation Co Ltd has released ‘DAIPALITE-EA’ – a thermal insulation material developed on the basis of the results of ODA-based cooperation research with Malaysia conducted in 1985.

The research cooperation business between the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia Bhd (SIRIM) and JIC were conducted for making calcium silicate thermal insulation material from rice husks and succeeded in pilot production.

The company in a statement said by using rice husk ash as an alternative material for silica stone, it enables effective use of rice husk which cause environmental pollution by river dumping.

Moreover, by utilizing the heat (biomass energy) generated when burning rice husk in the reaction and drying processes, carbon dioxide emissions can be also greatly reduced.

Since the material is based on Xonotlite, with heat resistance to 1,000 degrees Celsius, it is used at power plants and petrochemical plants for insulating equipment and pipes with high internal temperatures – contributing to industrialization in developing countries.

Japan Insulation manufactures DAIPALITE-EA in An Giang Province, Vietnam. The project was certified by the An Giang provincial government as an environment-friendly project for its carbon dioxide emission control effect which contributes to global environmental conservation. — Bernama