Research on Indian Coarser Wool
Indian Coarser Wool as Green Sustainable Building
Material
Utilization of Indian Coarse Wool as insulating material for building construction as a green
building material and comparison of such coarse wool-based developed products against
conventional materials like glass wool or rock wool.
Objectives of the Proposal
- To explore the possibility to utilize coarse wool for building insulation as green building
material.
- To further explore the possibility of coarse wool for acoustic insulation in buildings.
- To compare wool-based products against conventional materials like glass wool and rock wool.
Project Progress :
- Literature survey of existing insulation products like rock-wool, glass-wool, etc. and their
performance as thermal and acoustic insulators – ongoing.
- Industry interaction initiated and attended round table conference on building insulation
materials conducted by Centre of Pastoralism at Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi.
- Consumables purchased – partly.
- Initial sampling of insulation material is being carried out.
- Testing of developed panel with respect to thermal insulation properties as per ASTM D 1518
– ongoing.
- Testing of developed prototype panel against moth proofing (Bio-assay).
- Mothproofing treatment to loose scoured wool fibre using Permethrin for durable finish.
- Designing wool-based insulation panels using natural biodegradable honeycomb structure ready
for installation.
- Initial test results show developed prototypes need modification – redesigning ongoing using
3D corrugated lightweight box customization.
- Enhancing thermal insulation of wool with graphene by creating Graphene Oxide (GO) with
particle sizes of 10.82 to 54.29 microns.
- Transforming GO into Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) and applying it to nonwoven material.
- Test: Particle size analysis using Beckman Coulter LS13320 Laser Diffraction Particle Size
Analyzer (Wet module).
