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Effects of Pre-treatments on the Oil Palm EFB Fibers

오일팜 EFB 섬유의 전처리 영향 평가

  • Kim, Dong-Seop (Dept. of Biobased Materials, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam Natl. Univ.) ;
  • Sung, Yong Joo (Dept. of Biobased Materials, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam Natl. Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Chul-Hwan (Dept. of Forest Products, IALS, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Kim, Se-Bin (Dept. of Environment & Forest Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam Natl. Univ.)
  • 김동섭 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학 환경소재공학과) ;
  • 성용주 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학 환경소재공학과) ;
  • 김철환 (경상대학교 임산공학과) ;
  • 김세빈 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학 산림환경자원학과)
  • Received : 2012.12.01
  • Accepted : 2012.12.19
  • Published : 2012.12.30
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Abstract

The empty fruit bunch fibers(EFB) of oil palm were examined for optimal utilization of the EFB fibers. The EFB fibers were obtained by shredding EFB, followe by removal of fines. The surface properties of the fibers were modified with various pre-treatments, such as hot water extraction, the soaking treatments with NaOH, $ClO_2$ and n-hexane. The changes in the fiber surface were examined with FT-IR method, which showed the changes in chemical compositions such as pectin, lignin, and etc. according to the pre-treatment methods. And the z-directional tensile testing of the fiber mold made of the treated EFB fibers showed the changes in the bonding strength by the pre-treatments. The fiber mold made of EFB fibers treated with $ClO_2$ showed the greater increase in the tensile energy absorption although the NaOH treatment resulted in the severer impact on the EFB fibers.

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