Assessment of Strength Properties of Biocomposite from Oil Palm Frond

2011 ◽  
Vol 471-472 ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
Faizah Muhamad Fauzi ◽  
Suhaimi Muhammed
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Urea Formaldehyde ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Solid Wood ◽  
Agricultural Residues ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Wood Industry ◽  
Oil Palm Frond ◽  
Biocomposite Material ◽  
Palm Frond

Shortage of solid wood supply as the main raw material for the wood-based industries is cute problem faced by the world wide wood industry. Agricultural residues especially from oil palm plantation are abundantly and is therefore hoped to solve the above problem. In this context, this study would like to venture into the utilization of oil palm frond (OPF) as the potential agricultural residues for the manufacture of biocomposite panel. Raw material (OPF) mixed with the binder urea formaldehyde at three resin levels (8%, 10%, and 12%) to produce board of two density levels (550 kg/m3 and 650 kg/m3). The boards produced were tested for the mechanical strength (MOE & MOR) in accordance with the European Standard (EN 310). The results showed that the MOE values increased as the resin content increased for both board densities. The values are 1755.54 MPa to 2147.44 MPa for 550 kg/m3 and 2351.81 MPa to 2810.34 MPa for 650 kg/m3. Respectively, similar trend of increment was exhibited for the MOR values 12.18 MPa to 14.98 MPa for 550 kg/m3 and 16.62 MPa to 19.90 MPa for 650 kg/m3. In conclusion, the utilization of oil palm frond for the production of strong biocomposite material stands a great potential.

Oil Palm Frond as an Alternative Material to Reinforce the Fiber Brick

2016 ◽  
Vol 851 ◽  
pp. 852-857
Author(s):  
Arrisa Sopajarn ◽  
Panumas Suybangdum
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
High Fracture Toughness ◽  
High Fracture ◽  
Industrial Construction ◽  
Plaster Of Paris ◽  
Specific Strength ◽  
Oil Palm Frond ◽  
Alternative Material ◽  
Palm Frond

Oil palm frond was utilized as a fiber biomass material for investigating the strength of the fiber bricks. This research aimed to enhance the potential of oil palm frond utilization to produce bio-fiber brick. It was developed as a composite material to be a choice for industrial construction, decorative interior, or others relevant. Plaster of Paris was identified as a binder of oil palm frond bricks. The oil palm frond, mixed with the plaster of Paris, was tested with three variable ratios of 0.5:0.5, 0.4:0.6, and 0.3:0.7 for brick production. In the performed tests and examinations, the characteristic properties of oil palm frond size, density, and compressive strength were analyzed. The results showed that the oil palm frond can be used to reinforce the fiber brick. It can increased the quality of plaster of Paris bricks of light weight, high modulus, high specific strength, and high fracture toughness depending on OPF size, raw material ratios, and binding.

scholarly journals Exploration of Green Composites of Oil Palm Frond for Low Strength-Moderate Flexure Building Applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (02) ◽  
pp. 23567-23577
Author(s):  
Dr. A. N. Anyakora ◽  
Dr. E. Mudiare
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Green Composites ◽  
Green Composite ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Oil Palm Frond ◽  
Low Strength ◽  
Fibre Loading ◽  
Palm Frond

The exploration of new materials with comparative performance at affordable costs facilitated the outcome of emerging innovative products of green composite materials. In the current work, natural oil palm frond fibres were used in long and random fiber form as reinforcement in polyester matrix to fabricate green composites using the hand layup technique. Some mechanical, physical and processing property tests were conducted to elucidate the utilization potentials of green composites of oil palm frond fibre in the building industry. In overall, the results showed that the tensile strength and impact strength properties decreased with the increase in fibre loading. The modulus of elasticity increased with the increase in fibre loading up to 60wt. % before dropping. The values of both the flexural strength properties and modulus of rigidity increased with the increase in fibre loading. Even though the fibres were used without surface treatment in this work, the result of respective values of 0.07, 4.27% and 2.08 for the mould linear shrinkage, porosity and specific gravity, including a low water absorption uptake of 6.98%, propounds an indication that green composites of oil palm frond could be acceptable in areas of low strength and moderate flexure applications in the building industry.

scholarly journals KARAKTERISTIK KARBON AKTIF DARI PEMANFAATAN LIMBAH TANAMAN KELAPA SAWIT DENGAN PENAMBAHAN AKTIVATOR NATRIUM KARBONAT (Na2CO3) DAN NATRIUM KLORIDA (NaCl)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-44
Author(s):  
Gewa Handika ◽  
Seri Maulina ◽  
Vidyanova Anggun Mentari
Keyword(s):  
Activated Carbon ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Activated Carbons ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Liquid Waste ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Average Weight ◽  
Palm Tree ◽  
Oil Palm Frond ◽  
Palm Frond

Oil palm tree can produce 22 oil palm frond / year, the average weight of frond per rod reaches 2.2 kg, so that each hectare can produce fresh frond about 9 tons / year or equivalent to 1.64 tons / year of dry matter. Activated carbon can be used as a good absorbent agent for gas purification process and removal of organic pollutants from water, such as in liquid waste. The objective of this paper is to know the different characteristics of activated carbon from oil palm frond (elaeis guineensis jacq) as raw material with variation of activator sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) and sodium chloride (NaCl). The activator concentration used is 10% each with an activation temperature of 600 ° C. The quality of activated carbons was analyzed by surface active carbon morphology and FTIR spectra analysis on activated carbon. The result of identification with FTIR spectrophotometer showed that the activated carbon in this study contained the functional groups of O-H, C = O, C = C, C-C, and C-H.

scholarly journals Effect of Fiber Loading on Mechanical Properties of Oil Palm Frond/Urea Formaldehyde (OPF/UF) Composite

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice Dimah Richard ◽  
◽  
Azizah Wahi ◽  
Rozie Nani ◽  
Elisha Iling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Urea Formaldehyde ◽  
Fiber Loading ◽  
Oil Palm Frond ◽  
Palm Frond

scholarly journals Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pretreated Fibre Pressed Oil Palm Frond by using Sacchariseb C6

2017 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
pp. 012008
Author(s):  
F S Hashim ◽  
H W Yussof ◽  
M A K M Zahari ◽  
R A Rahman ◽  
R M Illias
Keyword(s):  
Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Oil Palm Frond ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Palm Frond

scholarly journals Investigation on the Dielectric Properties of Pulverized Oil Palm Frond and Pineapple Leaf Fiber for X-Band Microwave Absorber Application

2014 ◽  
Vol 893 ◽  
pp. 488-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elfarizanis Baharudin ◽  
Alyani Ismail ◽  
Adam Reda Hasan Alhawari ◽  
Edi Syams Zainudin ◽  
Dayang L.A. Majid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dielectric Constant ◽  
Dielectric Properties ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Microwave Absorber ◽  
Band Frequency ◽  
Pineapple Leaf Fiber ◽  
X Band ◽  
Oil Palm Frond ◽  
Palm Frond ◽  
Leaf Fiber

This paper presents the results on dielectric properties of pulverized material based on agricultural waste namely oil palm frond and pineapple leaf fiber for microwave absorber application in the X-band frequency range. The investigation is started by identifying the pulverized materials permittivities and loss tangents using coaxial probe technique, followed by density measurement comprising the determination of bulk and solid densities. Then, by using dielectric mixture model, the solid particle dielectric properties were determined. It is observed that the air properties give quite an effect on the permittivity and loss tangent of the pulverized materials. It is also found that the lower the material density the higher material dielectric constant will be. Furthermore, the results show that, both oil palm frond and pineapple leaf fiber are potential to be X-band absorber with average dielectric constant of 4.40 and 3.38 respectively. The loss tangents for both materials were observed to be more than 0.1 which mark them as lossy materials.

Bioethanol Production from Oil Palm Frond Lignocellulose using Facultative Anaerobic Thermophilic Bacteria

2017 ◽  
pp. 171-183
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Ridhwah Muhamed Ramli ◽  
Tengku Elida Tengku Zainal Mulok ◽  
Sabiha Hanim Mohd Salleh ◽  
Khalilah Abdul Khalil ◽  
Othman Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Bioethanol Production ◽  
Oil Palm Frond ◽  
Facultative Anaerobic ◽  
Palm Frond
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