Physical and Mechanical Properties of Paper Made from Beaten Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber Incorporated with Microcrystalline Cellulose

Ismail, Faris Syahiran; Asa’ari, Ainun Zuriyati Mohamed; Yussof, Nur Aqeela Mohd; Hao, Lee Chin; Padzil, Farah Nadia Mohammad; Hua, Lee Seng; Abdullah, Luqman Chuah; Jawaid, Mohammad

doi:10.1080/15440478.2020.1779896

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“…Several studies were carried out with natural materials and have shown that they are not only comparable with standard building materials but they also cause little concern in terms of health and safety during handling. [9][10][11] The need to optimize buildings' energy behavior has been imposed by climatic and economic motives. Indeed, it is well known that energy efficient buildings could reduce the consumed fossil fuels quantities and thereby reduce CO 2 and SO 2 emissions into the atmosphere.…”

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Thermo-mechanical characterization of a bio-composite mortar reinforced with date palm fiber

Benaniba

Driss

Djendel

et al. 2020

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

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Due to respect for the environment and the search for more sustainable materials, scientists have started in recent decades to launch studies on bio-composite materials. It is well known that building materials are among the most commonly used materials and have an obvious negative impact on the environment. The development of environmentally friendly composites as insulating materials in buildings offers practical solutions to reduce energy consumption. Therefore, this work presents the use of a new bio-composite material composed of natural fibers, date palm fibers, cement, and sand. In addition, the study on the effect of adding date palm fibers on the thermo-mechanical characteristics of mortars assesses the thermal insulation properties as well as the water absorption and mechanical performance of this new bio-composite material to use it in the construction of buildings. The percentage by weight of date palm fiber in the test samples varied from 0% to 30% for a fiber size of length equal to 7 mm. The characteristics of these samples were determined experimentally in terms of resistance to bending and compression as well as thermal conductivity. The results show that while increasing the weight of date palm fiber, an obviously reduction in thermal conductivity, flexural, and compressive strength of the composite is observed. Hence, date palm fiber has a positive effect on the thermo-mechanical properties of the composite material. Therefore, it considerably improves the insulating capacity of the mortar.

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Thermo-mechanical characterization of a bio-composite mortar reinforced with date palm fiber

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Djendel

et al. 2020

Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics

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“…The beaten sample’s fibres were found to be flatter than the unbeaten sample. This could be because the fibre wall became more flexible as a result of lumen collapse [ 74 ].…”

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Valorisation of Underutilized Grass Fibre (Stem) as a Potential Material for Paper Production

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An integrated and feasible approach was proposed using the underutilized grass fibre (stem) derived from Napier grass and sugarcane for paper production in this study. To enhance paper strength, pre-hydrolysis and beating techniques have been used to improve the chemical pulps and mechanical pulping process, respectively. Napier grass and sugarcane are promising non-wood sources for pulp production, owing to their high cellulose and low lignin and extractive content. With the additional mild alkaline pre-treatment to the mechanical pulping process, the lignin content was greatly reduced. The results reveal that the mechanical pulping with alkaline pre-treatment may indeed potentially replace the most prevalent pulping process (chemical pulping). As evidenced by the paper strength properties, mechanical pulping is far more suitable for grass-type biomass, particularly Napier grass, which had a folding endurance capability five times greater than chemical pulping. Furthermore, the remaining high hemicellulose content from mechanical pulping contributed to a high pulp yield, while also facilitating the fibrillation on the sugarcane’s laboratory paper handsheet. The findings also demonstrated that the additional beating process from chemical pulping causes the fibres to be drawn toward each other, resulting in a more robust fibre network that contributes to good paper strength. Consequently, this work sheds new light on the development of advanced paper derived from grass fibre.

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“…From the result, the increased shearing effect and formation of small fibrils on the EFB fiber with a higher fibrillation degree were caused by the rising frictional force generated throughout the refining treatment process. 33 This is because, when the refining gap became narrower, greater frictional force is generated and applied to the EFB fiber causing to become more fibrillated. Previous studies report that, using refiner approach as fiber physical treatment will create a greater shearing effect and small fibril formation on the fiber structure.…”

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Effect of fibrillation degree of empty fruit bunch fiber on sandwich composite incorporate with spent mushroom substrate

Shakir

Ahmad

Yusup

et al. 2023

Journal of Industrial Textiles

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Sandwich composite panel for heat insulation application were fabricated from two types of agricultural biomass waste, the oil palm empty fruit bunch and spent mushroom substrate. These agricultural biomasses are abundant, renewable, and without proper disposal management, might cause massive environmental pollution. This study investigated the effect of fibrillation degree on EFB fiber through the morphology modification to enhance the properties and thermal characteristic of the sandwich composite panel. Fibrillation is a physical changes that occurred on the surface and internal structure of fiber after undergo excessive physical modification by using refiner machine. Higher fibrillation degree could be achieve by narrowing the space area between two disks of refiner which also known as refining gap. In this research, a composite panel was developed from (SMS) and (EFB) fiber via sandwich hot pressing method. One composite sample using raw EFB fiber and three composite sample at fibrillation degree 191.40%, 211.70% and 271.68% were made at density 0.8 g/cm3. Based on result, the morphological structure of EFB fiber improved in term of formation of small fibril formation, larger surface area, optimum fiber length, optimum fiber diameter and better fiber distribution in composite panel. The mechanical properties of composite was obtained at range 2.77–7.21 MPa for tensile strength, 16.61–18.59 MPa for flexural strength, 2.06–3.18 MPa for internal bond and 4.35–15.79 kJ/m2 for impact strength. For physical properties, value of water absorption and thickness swelling were obtained at range 90.34–142.61% and 18.01–44.80%, respectively. Last but not least, the thermal conductivity value of sandwich composite was obtained at range 0.234–0.282 W/m.K. Overall result found that increasing fibrillation degree on EFB fiber at 211.70% able to contribute in improving the mechanical properties, physical properties and thermal characteristic of sandwich composite panel. This research finding suggested that enhancement of fiber morphology using fibrillation degree approach is considered as an alternative eco-friendly method that could be implemented to improve the properties and thermal characteristic of sandwich composite panel.

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Physical and Mechanical Properties of Paper Made from Beaten Empty Fruit Bunch Fiber Incorporated with Microcrystalline Cellulose

Cited by 10 publications

References 44 publications

Thermo-mechanical characterization of a bio-composite mortar reinforced with date palm fiber

Thermo-mechanical characterization of a bio-composite mortar reinforced with date palm fiber

Valorisation of Underutilized Grass Fibre (Stem) as a Potential Material for Paper Production

Effect of fibrillation degree of empty fruit bunch fiber on sandwich composite incorporate with spent mushroom substrate

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