Banana fibre is an agricultural waste that is obtained after harvesting the fruit at no
additional cost. Banana fibre has major drawbacks in composite production, such as low …

An integrated treatment coupling alkali, steam explosion and ammonia/chlorine-free
bleaching with sequential mild acid pretreatment were performed to isolate and characterize …

The use of banana pseudo stems is currently acknowledged as a sustainable raw material
that piqued researchers' interest because of their high cellulose content, and good to …

In this research work, different blend ratios of sisal, jute, and banana peduncle fibre (BPF)
nonwoven textiles were reinforced for composite manufacturing. Nine different types of …

Aquaculture is a significant contributor to global food production, but its expansion has
resulted in the discharge of large amounts of effluent into water bodies. Aquaculture effluent …

Humans are the only species who generate waste materials that cannot be broken down by
natural processes. The ideal solution to this waste problem would be to employ only …

Water reed (Phragmites spp.) and mokolwane palm (Hyphaene spp.) natural fibers, building
materials indigenous to Botswana are potential reinforcement materials in manufacturing …

This research investigated the Cone calorimetric analysis of the fire retardant properties of
cow horn ash particles (CHAp) bio-additives and aluminium trihydrate (AH) in banana …

Purpose This paper aims to examine the fire retardant property potentials of cow horn ash
particles (CHAp) bio-additive and aluminium trihydrate (AH), a traditional inorganic fire …

ABSTRACT The World Energy Annual Report ranked India as the fourth largest energy
consumer after China, USA and the European Union with an estimated requirement of 754 …