ACOUSTICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF CHICKEN FEATHER PANEL

Billion kilograms of waste produced from various types of poultry processing become severe problem to environmental pollution. Chicken feather waste as accessories, pillow fillers and animal feed, are some product samples which are not significantly reduce the chicken feather waste. This study aims to determine characteristics of chicken feather in form of acoustic panel in the field of architecture as an alternative of acoustical material. This study applies an experimental method by processing chicken feather waste into panel samples. In the process of utilizing chicken feathers into a panel- shaped composite material, additional of Polyvinyl Acetate (PVAc) as adhesive. Three types of sample surfaces named as FS, CS4 and CS5 were measured for their average absorption coefficients and resulted in 0.49, 0.57, and 0.51, respectively. Study confirmed the potential of chicken feather panels as an alternative of acoustical absorptive materials.