Development of Unconventional Fabric from Banana (Musa Acuminata) Fibre for Industrial Uses |
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Authors: | Surajit Sengupta Sanjoy Debnath Papai Ghosh Izhar Mustafa |
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Affiliation: | 1. Mechanical Processing Division, ICAR-National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology , Kolkata, India ssg_42@rediffmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4509-558X;3. Mechanical Processing Division, ICAR-National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology , Kolkata, India |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT Banana fiber is a lingo-cellulosic under-exploited bast fiber, which obtained from the pseudo-stem of banana plant (Musa acuminata). In this study, an attempt has been made to explore the possibility of production of needle-punched nonwoven from fibrous material of biowaste for value addition and diversified uses. Mechanical processing for preparation of all banana, banana-jute (1:1), and banana-polypropylene (1:1) blended needle punched nonwoven has been optimized and processing parameters have been suggested. Softening treatment of banana fibre has been done successfully for better processing. Boiling in water with 1% nonionic detergent has been suggested as pre-processing for softening. Tenacity, elongation-at-break, initial modulus, breaking energy, stress relaxation, creep, compressibility, recovery-from-compression, bending load, electrical insulation, thermal insulation, sound insulation, air permeability, and frictional force have been evaluated and analyzed for all the above-mentioned samples. Based on those properties the probable use has been suggested as insulation (thermal and sound) and filter material. |
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Keywords: | Banana fiber needle punched nonwoven softening process optimization properties |
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