Optimization of Manufacturing Parameters and Experimental Study of Rice Straw Fiber-Based Plant Fiber Seedling Pots

Abstract

In order to improve and alleviate environmental pollution caused by the disposal of seedling pots, a rice straw fiber-based headed vegetable seedling pot material, which is suitable for mechanical transplantation and biodegradable, was studied. Used rice straw as the main raw material, a five-factor and five-level (1/2 full implementation) quadratic regression orthogonal rotation central of rotation combination test method. The experimental factors included the beating degree of rice straw fiber, quantity, the proportion of rice fiber, neutral sizing agents, and wet strength agent mass fraction. The performance evaluation index included dry and wet tensile strength, burst strength, tear strength, air permeance, and degradation period. The results showed that when the parameter combination of the beating degree of rice straw fiber was 50 ± 1 °SR, the quantity was 87.5 ± 4 g/m2, the proportion of fiber in rice was 70%, the neutral sizing agents mass fraction was 1 ± 0.25%, and the wet strength agent mass fraction was 1.5 ± 0.1%. The dry tensile strength was ≥ 1.8 kN·m−1, the wet tensile strength was ≥ 0.7 kN·m−1, the burst strength was ≥ 140 kPa, the tear strength was ≥ 350 m·N, the air permeance was ≤ 1.33 μm/Pa·s, and the degradation period was ≤ 80 d. The dry tensile strength reduction rate was 0.0274 kN/(m·d) and the wet tensile strength reduction rate was 0.0113 kN/(m·d), during the nursery period [30, 40], while the dry tensile strength was ≥ 1 kN·m−1 and the wet tensile strength was ≥ 0.4 kN·m−1 during the transplanting period.

Proportion and Performance Optimization of Biomass Seedling Trays Based on Response Surface Analysis

“…Through experiments, the optimized raw material ratio was determined to be a beating degree of rice straw fiber of 50 ± 1 SR, a quantity of 87.5 ± 4 g•m −2 , a rice fiber content of 70%, a neutral sizing agent mass fraction of 1 ± 0.25%, and a wet strength agent mass fraction of 1.5 ± 0.1%. At this point, the strength, air permeability, and degradation period of the vegetable seedling trays all reached a relatively ideal state [8]. Thonyaporn et al [9] prepared a biodegradable seedling pot using powder ground from the peel fibers of oil palm as the main raw material.…”