Study on The Production and Economic Analysis of Particleboard from Sugarcane Bagasse
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2018-06
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AAU
Abstract
The reutilization of sugarcane bagasse residues to obtain an applicable product of particleboard
is a very useful practice that generates many advantages in the evaluation of social areas,
expanding baselines for economic applications, with a low cost product which is ecological and
far less polluting. The objective of this work was to produce and evaluate feasibility of
particleboard from sugarcane bagasse. The prepared bagasse was dried. After drying bagasse the
true fibers must be separated from the pith component of bagasse. An operation usually known as
sieving analysis. The bagasse fibers were mixed with urea formaldehyde resin. The mixture of
fibers, resin, and any additives is pressed into boards which are subsequently trimmed and
finished to form the final product. From result and discussion, Design-Expert 7.0.0 three-levelthree-factor
CCD
was
applied
for
experimental
design
and
statistical
analysis
of
results.
A
total
of
17
experiments were conducted at conditions of adhesive content 9%, 12 and 15% , targeted
density 0.6g/cm3, 0.65g/cm3and 0.7g/cm3 and pressure of 35bar, 40bar and45 bar. From the
analysis of experimental results the interaction effects were studied and optimization of process
factors was done. Maximum response variables were found. It was observed that mechanical
properties of the bagasse particleboard increased with an increase in resin content, density and
pressing pressure. The maximum result was obtained with resin content 15%, density 0.7g/cm
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and pressing pressure of 45bar. Under these conditions maximum modulus of rapture and internal
bonding was 14.5674Mpa and0.41Mpa respectively, a satisfactory result as compared with
literature data. From our preliminary cost analysis, this project is feasible. A payback period of 2
years is an indication of a promising and feasible plant.
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Keywords
particle board, sugarcane bagasse, content of adhesive