Towards industrial utilization of oil palm fibre: Physical and dielectric characterization of linear low density polyethylene composites and comparison with other fibre sources

Oil Palm Biomass Fibres and Recent Advancement in Oil Palm Biomass Fibres Based Hybrid Biocomposites

“…Further study reported by another researcher on electrical resistivity of various part of the coconut tree and confirm that it can used as good insulators (Satyanarayana et al 1982). Recently electrical properties of oil palm fibres reported and concluded that dielectric constant value of oil palm fibre is in agreement with the values reported earlier (Chand 1992) for other natural fibres (Shinoj et al 2010).…”

The use of oil palm biomass (OPB) fibers as reinforcements in composites

“…Density increases as the fi ber content increases. This increase is more pronounced in TEFBF-reinforced composites than in those reinforced with UEFBF, which indicates better interfacial adhesion between EFB fi bers and the PP matrix as compared with the untreated EFB fi ber-loaded composites (Shinoj et al ., 2010 ). The more pronounced increase in density is due to the presence of MAPP, which encapsulates the surface of the EFB fi bers and diffuses into the bulk of the PP matrix, reducing the formation of voids.…”

“…A similar trend of variations in dielectric constant has been observed for coconut fi ber-polypropylene composites (Lai et al ., 2005 ). Shinoj et al ( 2010 ) showed that the dielectric constant of alkali-treated fi ber composites changed slightly with fi ber size. This fact was discussed by Shinoj et al .…”

The Effect of Alkali Treatment on Dielectric Properties ofRoystonea regia/Epoxy Composites

“…Although various studies have already been reported on fiber-reinforced polymer composites, a very limited number of studies have been reported on the dielectric properties of polymer composites reinforced with lignocellulosic fibers. Paul et al [9] investigated the electrical properties of low-density polyethylene composites reinforced with short sisal fibers, and a comparative study on dielectric properties of flax, hemp, and oil palm fibers was conducted by Shinoj.et al [10] Dielectric characteristics of sisal-oil palm hybrid bio-fiber-reinforced natural rubber bio-composites were reported by Jacob et al [11] and dielectric constant modelling was done by Hung and Frank. [12] In the present study, dielectric properties of both untreated and alkali-treated unidirectional Roystonea regia natural fiber-reinforced epoxy composites were evaluated at 20% weight fiber content at different frequencies.…”