Transesterification of waste cooking oil to biodiesel by walnut shell/sawdust as a novel, low-cost and green heterogeneous catalyst: Optimization via RSM and ANN

B Maleki, B Singh, H Eamaeili, YK Venkatesh… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Walnut shell/sawdust catalyst was synthesized through a pyrolysis process using
agricultural wastes and then utilized as a novel and cheap catalyst to generate biodiesel …

Biodegradable polymers and composites: recent development and challenges

AK Maurya, FM de Souza, T Dawsey… - Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable polymers are highly sought after as they have the potential to reduce the
issue of plastic waste and eventually lead to a circular economy. Yet, conciliating eco …

Sawdust pyrolysis from the furniture industry in an auger pyrolysis reactor system for biochar and bio-oil production

A Ahmed, MSA Bakar, RS Sukri, M Hussain… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the potential of sawdust from the processing of Acacia wood for the
furniture making industry to produce bio-oil and biochar in an auger pyrolysis reactor …

Review of the main factors controlling the fracture toughness and impact strength properties of natural composites

AY Al-Maharma, P Sendur - Materials Research Express, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The main critical factors, which have direct influence on the fracture toughness and imapct
strength properties of natural fibers composites, are reviewed in details in this paper …

Strength characterization of caryota urens fibre and aluminium 2024-T3 foil multi-stacking sequenced SiC-toughened epoxy structural composite

VA Vincent, C Kailasanathan… - Biomass Conversion …, 2022 - Springer
High toughness and high-impact damage resistance fibre-metal hybrid laminate epoxy
composites were prepared and characterized. In this present research, a hybrid fibre-metal …

Effect of silane-treated rice husk derived biosilica on visco-elastic, thermal conductivity and hydrophobicity behavior of epoxy biocomposite coating for air-duct …

M Karthigairajan, PK Nagarajan… - Silicon, 2021 - Springer
High performance epoxy biocomposite coating material was prepared using agricultural
waste (rice husk) derived biosilica and characterized for visco-elastic, thermal conductivity …

Wood adhesives based on natural resources: A critical review: Part IV. special topics

M Dunky - Progress in Adhesion and Adhesives, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Various naturally‐based chemicals can be used directly as wood adhesives or are
precursors for the synthesis of adhesive resins. Liquefaction and pyrolysis of wood yield …

Morpho-mechanical properties of wood fiber plastic composite (WFPC) based on three different recycled plastic codes

V Gulitah, KC Liew - International Journal of Biobased Plastics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study set out to explore the effect of different recycled plastic codes and plastic content
on the mechanical and morphological properties of wood fiber plastic composites (WFPC) …

Preparation and characterization of phosphorylated graphene oxide grafted with poly (L‐lactide) and its effect on the crystallization, rheological behavior, and …

L Yang, W Zhen - Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorylated graphene oxide (PGO) was prepared by using phosphoric acid as
functional reagent, and PGO was grafted with poly (L‐lactide)(PGO‐PLLA) by ring‐opening …

Wood and Pul** Properties Variation of Acacia crassicarpa A.Cunn. ex Benth. and Sampling Strategies for Accurate Phenoty**

GS Martins, M Yuliarto, R Antes, Sabki, A Prasetyo… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Research Highlights: This study provides a comprehensive set of wood and pul**
properties of Acacia crassicarpa A. Cunn. ex Benth. to assess variation and efficient …