Abstract

Shifting from excessive use of uncontrollable synthetic materials to environmentally friendly natural materials, especially from Agricultural waste such as banana stem fibres, offers an attractive and an alternative source to solve this issue. Therefore, the extraction of fibres from the non-edible agricultural waste of the banana tree using advanced integrated technologies can assist in lessening the environmental burden, manufacturing cost, and accosting the sustainability provisions. In that context, banana fibre extraction machine and wet-laid nonwoven web setup were developed to produce homogeneous reinforcement for the fabrication of bio-composites along with the unsaturated polyester resin. Furthermore, the mechanical properties of the fabricated bio-composites in terms of tensile, flexural and impact strength were assessed and compared with jute fibre reinforced composites. The mechanical properties of the banana fibre reinforced composites were inferior, but comparable to the jute fibre reinforced composites.

摘要

从过度使用无法控制的合成材料转向环境友好的天然材料，尤其是香蕉茎纤维等农业废弃物，为解决这一问题提供了一种有吸引力的替代来源。因此，使用先进的综合技术从香蕉树的不可食用农业废料中提取纤维有助于减轻环境负担、制造成本并符合可持续性规定。在这种情况下，开发了香蕉纤维提取机和湿法成网无纺布网装置，以生产用于制造生物复合材料的均匀增强材料以及不饱和聚酯树脂。此外，制造的生物复合材料在拉伸方面的机械性能，评估了抗弯强度和冲击强度，并与黄麻纤维增强复合材料进行了比较。香蕉纤维增强复合材料的力学性能较差，但与黄麻纤维增强复合材料相当。