Avella, Maurizio and Srebrenkoska, Vineta and Bogoeva-Gaceva, Gordana and Gentile, Gennaro and Grozdanov, Anita and Errico, Maria and Buzarovska, Aleksandra (2006) Recycling and reuse facilities of lignocellulosic material filled eco-composites. Proceedings on 12th European Conference on Composite Materials.
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Abstract
The increased ecological consciousness has generated the concept of sustainable development
of environmental resources with improved economic activities. Also, the International
Community and waste legislation are influencing the composite industry, such as EU
directives, End of Life Vehicles (ELV) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE), increased the pressure on solving fibre reinforced polymer waste management
through recycling and reuse [1,2].
So, one of the objectives of our ECO-PCCM project is to design the recycling and reuse
facilities of eco-composites [3]. The aim of this work is to show the possibilities of recycling
and reuse of thermoplastic polymer matrices with rice hulls (RH) and kenaf fibres (KF) using
the conventional techniques, extrusion and compression moulding. The investigation have
been performed in three steps: i) investigation of the recycling ability of the polymer matrix,
ii) application of the recycled matrix for production of the rice hulls composites and kenaf
eco-composites, iii) investigation of the recycling ability of the rice straw and kenaf fibre
composites.
Characterization of all the recycled composites includes mechanical, morphological and
thermo-gravimetrical analysis.
The obtained results have shown that both polymer matrices (biodegradable and nondegradable)
could be recycled with acceptable mechanical properties and they can be
successfully used for production of eco-composites. Increased modulus have been measured
for both tensile and flexural, from 12 to 32 %, while tensile and flexural strength were
slightly decreased. The same tendency was obtained and for the mechanical properties of the
recycled composites. SEM analysis has shown that the agricultural fillers are covered by the
recycled polymer matrix, indicated on the satisfied durability of the recycled polymer
matrices.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Engineering and Technology > Materials engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Technology |
| Depositing User: | Vineta Srebrenkoska |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2012 15:10 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2013 13:15 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/2664 |
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