Physical, Morphological, Structural, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibers

Lee, C. H.; Abdan, Khalina; Lee, S. H.; Padzil, Farah Nadia Mohammad; Ainun, Z.M.A.

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-1416-6_6

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“…Natural fibers derived from plant resources have recently been used in a variety of sectors because of their low density and environmental friendliness. However, due to their hydrophobic nature, pineapple leaf fibers have been underutilized [6,7].…”

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Manufacturing of a natural fiber/glass fiber hybrid reinforced polymer composite (PxGyEz) for high flexural strength: an optimization approach

Samuel

Sumaila

Dan-asabe

2021

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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Due to their low density, natural fibers have increasingly found application in the development of systems such as wind turbine blades, airplane wing spar where flexural strength is a strong criterion for material selection. Although different researchers have studied the mechanical properties of such natural fiber composites, none has focused on the optimization of the flexural strength of pineapple leaf fiber (PALF)/glass fiber (GF) reinforced epoxy hybrid composite. This study applied the Taguchi and general regression analysis method in the optimization and modeling of the flexural strength of the P x G y E z composite. Flexural strength of 144.5 MPa at an optimum development parameter of PALF at 20% volume content, GF at 20% volume content, and fiber length of 25 mm. Analysis of variance and regression analysis was also employed to describe and model the flexural behavior of the developed composite. The PALF fiber showed to have a higher contribution to the flexural strength of the material. The equation developed to model the flexural behavior of the material showed a good correlation between the simulated value and the experimental values of the flexural strength at different combinations of manufacturing parameters.

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confidence: 99%

Manufacturing of a natural fiber/glass fiber hybrid reinforced polymer composite (PxGyEz) for high flexural strength: an optimization approach

Samuel

Sumaila

Dan-asabe

2021

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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“…It could also be observed that the residue at 600°C, is mainly lignin, for Cellulose 4 to 6 was lower compared to Cellulose 1 to 3. Thus, it can be concluded that the percentage of cellulose was higher in samples 4 to 6, and contained less hemicellulose and lignin due to more percentage of these components being removed by the treatment (Lee et al, 2020). But among Cellulose 4 to 6, Cellulose recorded the highest cellulose content.…”

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“…Cellulose 6 also had the lowest percentage of residue at 600°C, which was 32.02%, showing the low percentage of lignin. (Lee et al, 2020;Rambabu et al, 2016). Moisture content of the samples were obtained from the TG analysis at temperature of 150°C, as presented in Table 2.…”

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Effect of Steam and Bleaching Treatment on the Characteristics of Pineapple Leaves Fibre Derived Cellulose

Gnanasekaran¹,

Muslih²,

Shariffuddin³

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Pineapple leaf fibres (PALF) is one of the abundant residues generated from pineapple plantation. The residues are left on the plantation for nutrient cycling or burning, and this circumstance leads to environmental issues. PALF has high cellulose content among other natural fibres. Cellulose is a reinforcing element that exists as whisker-like microfibrils and has a long-chain structure. In this study, cellulose produced from PALF was treated by steam and chemical treatment. The fibre was treated with steam at 121°C, a pressure of 21 psi for 30 or 60 min. Next, the steam-treated fibre was treated with 5 wt% sodium chlorite (NaClO2) solution with pH adjusted between 4 and 5 for 90 min. The condition was varied with three different temperatures, which were room temperature, 50, and 70°C. Then, the bleached fibre was treated with 5 wt% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at room temperature for 3 h. After the treatments, the fibre was analysed for its thermal stability, morphology, and chemical composition. Cellulose obtained from the treatment condition of steam for 60 min, bleaching at 70°C, and alkali treatment at room temperature expressed the highest degradation temperature of 276°C at 20% weight loss, percentage of cellulose of 86% and lowest moisture content (8%) compared to others sample. It also had an excellent surface morphology with finest fibril disintegration. It showed longer steam treatment (60 min) degrading more hemicellulose; and bleaching treatment at high temperature (70°C), increasing the rate of oxidative delignification. In conclusion, the suggested treatment provides a simple but efficient method to isolate cellulose that can be used for various types of applications.

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“…Natural fibers from plant materials have in recent times been exploited for applications in several industries due to their low density and environmental friendliness. But pineapple leaf fibers have been under-utilized due to its hydrophobic nature (Lee et al, 2020, Rajeshkumar et al, 2020. PxGyE z Hybrid Composite is a proposed hybrid composite material made up of Pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) with (X% composition by volume), Glass fiber (with Y% composition by volume), all with fiber length of Zmm, in Epoxy matrix.…”

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Modelling and Optimization of the Manufacturing Parameters of a Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite PxGyEz

Samuel

Sumaila

Dan-asabe

2021

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In this study, a Pineapple Leaf fiber (PALF)/Glass fiber Epoxy hybrid composite PxGyEz (with x, y, and z representing the volume fraction of pineapple leaf fiber (P), volume fraction of glass fiber (G) and fiber length respectively in Epoxy (E) matrix) was developed and its tensile properties modelled and optimized with regards to the variable parameters of x, y, and z respectively. For the quality characteristics (high tensile strength) investigated, the Minitab®19 software was used to analyze the Taguchi robust experiment design technique on the higher the better basis. The optimum combination of the control factors was found at x=10%, y=20% and z = 15mm. The optimized composite P10G20E15 possessed a tensile strength of 95.3144MPa which was only a 5.9% deviation from the predicted optimum tensile strength. Analysis of variance showed that the glass fiber had the highest contribution of 50.64% to the tensile strength of PxGyEz, PALF 15.53% and fiber length 28.84%. SEM Images of the PALF, glass fiber and fractured surface of the optimized material P10G20E15 revealed the surface structure which explained their different contribution to the tensile strength of the materials. An equation for the prediction of the tensile properties of PxGyEz was derived from the regression model.

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Physical, Morphological, Structural, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Pineapple Leaf Fibers

Cited by 10 publications

References 76 publications

Manufacturing of a natural fiber/glass fiber hybrid reinforced polymer composite (PxGyEz) for high flexural strength: an optimization approach

Manufacturing of a natural fiber/glass fiber hybrid reinforced polymer composite (PxGyEz) for high flexural strength: an optimization approach

Effect of Steam and Bleaching Treatment on the Characteristics of Pineapple Leaves Fibre Derived Cellulose

Modelling and Optimization of the Manufacturing Parameters of a Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite PxGyEz

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