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Valorization of residual Empty Palm Fruit Bunch Fibers (EPFBF) by microfluidization: production of nanofibrillated cellulose and EPFBF nanopaper
- Source :
- Bioresource technology. 125
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Different cellulose pulps were produced from sulfur-free chemical treatments of Empty Palm Fruit Bunch Fibers (EPFBF), a by-product from palm oil processing. The pulps were microfluidized for deconstruction into nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) and nanopaper was manufactured by using an overpressure device. The morphological and structural features of the obtained NFCs were characterized via atomic force and scanning electron microscopies. The physical properties as well as the interactions with water of sheets from three different pulps were compared with those of nanopaper obtained from the corresponding NFC. Distinctive chemical and morphological characteristics and ensuing nanopaper properties were generated by the EPFBF fibers. The NFC grades obtained compared favorably with associated materials typically produced from bleached wood fibers. Lower water absorption, higher tensile strengths (107–137 MPa) and elastic modulus (12–18 GPa) were measured, which opens the possibility for valorization of such widely available bioresource.
- Subjects :
- Paper
Nanopaper
Environmental Engineering
Absorption of water
Materials science
Scanning electron microscope
Surface Properties
Microfluidics
Industrial Waste
Bioengineering
Arecaceae
Palm Oil
chemistry.chemical_compound
Film strength
Ultimate tensile strength
Polymer chemistry
Palm oil
Pressure
Plant Oils
Empty Palm Fruit Bunch Fibers (EPFBF)
Water interactions
Cellulose
Composite material
ta216
ta215
Waste Management and Disposal
Elastic modulus
Nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC)
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Agriculture
General Medicine
Nanostructures
chemistry
Fruit
Palm fruit
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18732976
- Volume :
- 125
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Bioresource technology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2690d43593495209b9130f69aacd35c3