Title:
Pineapple and Banana Residues for Fiber Production: First Assessment for Biomass Harvesting and Value-added Product Development
Author(s):
Pari, L., Bergonzoli, S., Suardi, A., Alfano, V., Scarfone, A.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Pulp and paper are manufactured from raw materials containing cellulose fibres, which generally include wood, recycled paper, and agricultural residues. Several agricultural by-products no have been identified as potential raw material for the paper industry, such as wheat straw, rice straw, bagasse, banana pseudostem and pineapple stem. Among these, banana pseudostem and pineapple stem are some of which yield high biomass after the harvesting of fruit, which may serve as an alternative source in fibre-based industries. Actually, some experience of added-value product production already exists even if are still artisanal with a small-scale production.At the present the most common practice is to leave the Pineapple and Banana residues on the soil after fruit harvesting with consequent problem of biomass fermentation and removal. The present work aimed at understanding the characteristics of the Pineapple and Banana plantation to have a first assessment to develop an innovative harvesting system to collect the biomass for fiber and pulp extraction purpose.The amount of the total biomass per hectare recorded during these first assessment was very high and demonstrated the strategic importance to valorise this still untapped biomass. The performance and the quality of such a biomass for fiber and pulp extraction raise the need to find a valuable solution to harvest and deliver the biomass to the processing plant.The results appeared very encouraging in fact the detachment and cutting force resulted low so no restriction on the mechanization of this operation were highlighted.
Keywords:
agricultural residues, harvesting, supply chain, fiber
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Biomass feedstock, residues and by-products
Event:
27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1DV.3.41
Pages:
374 - 376
ISBN:
978-88-89407-19-6
Paper DOI:
10.5071/27thEUBCE2019-1DV.3.41
Price:
FREE
