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Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials

Every parts of the oil palm tree can be utilized to form useful products, including the waste from palm oil processing either intermediates or final biomasses. Utilization oil palm wastes and palm oil product will be presented for the application in the packaging industry, especially as environmenta...

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Main Authors: Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan, Rasit Ali, Roshafima, Wan Hasan, Wan Hasamuddin, Muhammad Tajudin, Izzati Nazreen
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2007
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T Technology (General)
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spelling my.utm.57352010-06-01T15:34:16Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5735/ Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan Rasit Ali, Roshafima Wan Hasan, Wan Hasamuddin Muhammad Tajudin, Izzati Nazreen T Technology (General) Every parts of the oil palm tree can be utilized to form useful products, including the waste from palm oil processing either intermediates or final biomasses. Utilization oil palm wastes and palm oil product will be presented for the application in the packaging industry, especially as environmental friendly packaging materials. For the development of these new biodegradable packaging materials, product and waste from oil palm tree are compounded to form biocomposites. Empty fruit bunch, waste that is derived after palm oil extraction process, is grinded and compounded with polyethylene to form biocomposites for blow film process. Palm cooking oil (PCO) is used as processing aids/lubricant in the blown film processing of low density polyethylene with empty fruit bunch fiber (LDPE/EFB) to form biofilm. This oil ease the process ability of LDPE/EFB on the conventional blown film thermoplastic machinery. The higher the composition of the PCO the better will be the processability of LDPE/FFB as the resistance to flow is decreased. With PCO composition greater than 2% the processing parameters of LDPE can be used to process LDPE/PCO/EFB into film. Tensile properties of the biocomposite film are found to be dependent on the PCO composition and comparable to the polyethylene film at low PCO composition. As the composition of PCO in LDPE/EFB is increased the tensile strength and elongation at break of the biofilm is decreased. 2007 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5735/1/WanAizanWanAbdulRahman2007_BiocompositesBasedOnOilPalmTreeAsPackagingMaterials.pdf Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan and Rasit Ali, Roshafima and Wan Hasan, Wan Hasamuddin and Muhammad Tajudin, Izzati Nazreen (2007) Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials. In: 7th National Conference on Oil Palm Tree Utilisation, 13-15 November 2007, Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya.
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic T Technology (General)
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Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan
Rasit Ali, Roshafima
Wan Hasan, Wan Hasamuddin
Muhammad Tajudin, Izzati Nazreen
Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials
description Every parts of the oil palm tree can be utilized to form useful products, including the waste from palm oil processing either intermediates or final biomasses. Utilization oil palm wastes and palm oil product will be presented for the application in the packaging industry, especially as environmental friendly packaging materials. For the development of these new biodegradable packaging materials, product and waste from oil palm tree are compounded to form biocomposites. Empty fruit bunch, waste that is derived after palm oil extraction process, is grinded and compounded with polyethylene to form biocomposites for blow film process. Palm cooking oil (PCO) is used as processing aids/lubricant in the blown film processing of low density polyethylene with empty fruit bunch fiber (LDPE/EFB) to form biofilm. This oil ease the process ability of LDPE/EFB on the conventional blown film thermoplastic machinery. The higher the composition of the PCO the better will be the processability of LDPE/FFB as the resistance to flow is decreased. With PCO composition greater than 2% the processing parameters of LDPE can be used to process LDPE/PCO/EFB into film. Tensile properties of the biocomposite film are found to be dependent on the PCO composition and comparable to the polyethylene film at low PCO composition. As the composition of PCO in LDPE/EFB is increased the tensile strength and elongation at break of the biofilm is decreased.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan
Rasit Ali, Roshafima
Wan Hasan, Wan Hasamuddin
Muhammad Tajudin, Izzati Nazreen
author_facet Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan
Rasit Ali, Roshafima
Wan Hasan, Wan Hasamuddin
Muhammad Tajudin, Izzati Nazreen
author_sort Wan Abdul Rahman, Wan Aizan
title Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials
title_short Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials
title_full Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials
title_fullStr Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials
title_full_unstemmed Biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials
title_sort biocomposites based on oil palm tree as packaging materials
publishDate 2007
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5735/1/WanAizanWanAbdulRahman2007_BiocompositesBasedOnOilPalmTreeAsPackagingMaterials.pdf
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