Feasibility of incorporating treated lignin and cellulose nanofiber in fiberboards made from corn stalk and rice straw

Agricultural waste is of particularly interest due to abudant, cheap, widely available worldwide and renewable material. It represent a good option for wood sources substitution, containing similar in chemical and physical characteristics. The present Doctoral Thesis studies the possibility of subst...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Theng, Dyna
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/461717
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/461717
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agricultural waste
Residus agrícoles
Residuos agrícolas
TMP
Thermo-mechanical pulping
Tractament termodinàmic
Tratamiento termodinámico
CNF
Cellulose nanofibers
Nanofibres de cel·lulosa
Nanofibras de celulosa
Lignin
Lignina
Digester
Digestor
Twin-screw extruder
Extrusora de doble cargol
Extrusor de doble husillo
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Sumario:Agricultural waste is of particularly interest due to abudant, cheap, widely available worldwide and renewable material. It represent a good option for wood sources substitution, containing similar in chemical and physical characteristics. The present Doctoral Thesis studies the possibility of substituting wood sources by crop residues and replacing synthetic binders by natural adhesives in fiberboard production. Corn and rice biomass were selected as raw materials, followed by thermo-mechanical pulping (TMP) pretreatment. Fiberboards made of TMP of both crop residues without any binder presented lower mechanical properties than commercial ones (which contained synthetic binder). In term of physical properties, lower water absorption and thickness swelling were found for the fiberboards made of crop residues than for the commercial one. Overall, the present study shows a more sustainable and effective way of producing cellulose-based fiberboards without aid of any synthetic binder, contributing thus to both technical and environmental aspects of fiberboard manufacturing