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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Green Architectural Membrane

Kenaf plant
A green Architectural membrane, based on Kenaf bast fiber has been developed by Taiyo KogyoCrop.  Kenaf is a natural fiber and have similar characters as Jute. KenafineTM, developed by Taiyo Kogyo Crop., is made by weaving Kenaf fiber with polyester fiber. This bas fabric is coated on top with photocatalyst TiOand at bottom coated with antibacterial agent of silver. This environment friendly green membrane can be recycled to make paper product1. Thus it is more carbon-neutral than 100% polyester based fabrics. Test result of Kenafine is given below.

Test result of Kenafine
Structure of Kenafine.
Reference:
1. New material research on kenaf fiber fabric, http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/1112_np9_material_research.html