Volume 40, Issue 2, August 2023, Pages 421–430
Eric GBEGBO1, Valéry K. DOKO2, and Chakirou A. Toukourou3
1 Laboratory of Energetics and Applied Mechanics (LEMA), Doctoral School of Engineering Science, University of Abomey Calavi, 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, Benin
2 Laboratory of Energetics and Applied Mechanics (LEMA) - EPAC, Benin
3 Université d’Abomey - Calavi (UAC), Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), Laboratoire d’Energétique et de Mécanique Appliquée (LEMA), 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, Benin
Original language: English
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In Africa, the cotton industry is one of the most important agricultural sectors. In Benin, a record 730,000 tonnes will be produced in 2020-2021, making the country the leading producer of the white gold in Africa. Although essential to the economy, fourteen types of residue from cotton processing remain unexploited. This waste is generally burnt by producers, which contributes to environmental pollution through the emission of greenhouse gases. To overcome this problem, we focused our work on recycling cotton fiber waste into a cotton fiber-starch composite material for use as false ceiling panels in the building industry, in place of the plywood generally used. To achieve this, we manufactured sheets from our composite material to determine mechanical properties such as modulus of elasticity and flexural modulus of rupture in accordance with NF EN 310. Three-point bending loading-unloading cycles were performed. The plates manufactured have dimensions of 300x300x100mm3. The plates are manufactured with «starch/water» and «starch/cotton fiber» mass ratios respectfully equal to 0.25 and 1. We obtained a modulus of elasticity equal to 2830 MPa and a modulus of rupture equal to 11.53 MPa.
Author Keywords: Composite material, cotton fiber, starch, numerical simulation.
Eric GBEGBO1, Valéry K. DOKO2, and Chakirou A. Toukourou3
1 Laboratory of Energetics and Applied Mechanics (LEMA), Doctoral School of Engineering Science, University of Abomey Calavi, 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, Benin
2 Laboratory of Energetics and Applied Mechanics (LEMA) - EPAC, Benin
3 Université d’Abomey - Calavi (UAC), Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), Laboratoire d’Energétique et de Mécanique Appliquée (LEMA), 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, Benin
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In Africa, the cotton industry is one of the most important agricultural sectors. In Benin, a record 730,000 tonnes will be produced in 2020-2021, making the country the leading producer of the white gold in Africa. Although essential to the economy, fourteen types of residue from cotton processing remain unexploited. This waste is generally burnt by producers, which contributes to environmental pollution through the emission of greenhouse gases. To overcome this problem, we focused our work on recycling cotton fiber waste into a cotton fiber-starch composite material for use as false ceiling panels in the building industry, in place of the plywood generally used. To achieve this, we manufactured sheets from our composite material to determine mechanical properties such as modulus of elasticity and flexural modulus of rupture in accordance with NF EN 310. Three-point bending loading-unloading cycles were performed. The plates manufactured have dimensions of 300x300x100mm3. The plates are manufactured with «starch/water» and «starch/cotton fiber» mass ratios respectfully equal to 0.25 and 1. We obtained a modulus of elasticity equal to 2830 MPa and a modulus of rupture equal to 11.53 MPa.
Author Keywords: Composite material, cotton fiber, starch, numerical simulation.
How to Cite this Article
Eric GBEGBO, Valéry K. DOKO, and Chakirou A. Toukourou, “Study of the mechanical behavior of starch-cotton fiber waste composite sheets,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 421–430, August 2023.
