Study on The Production and Economic Analysis of Particleboard from Sugarcane Bagasse
| dc.contributor.advisor | Belay, Woldeyes (Prof.) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Komah, Berhe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-25T10:39:28Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-10T14:54:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-25T10:39:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-10T14:54:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
| dc.description.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 ix 3 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/15285 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | AAU | en_US |
| dc.subject | particle board | en_US |
| dc.subject | sugarcane bagasse | en_US |
| dc.subject | content of adhesive | en_US |
| dc.title | Study on The Production and Economic Analysis of Particleboard from Sugarcane Bagasse | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |