Research Article
Studies on the Properties of Sugarcane Bagasse Fibre for Sustainable Textile Applications
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314629, author={JC Sakthivel and S Brindha and G Gowthamraj and J Sabna}, title={Studies on the Properties of Sugarcane Bagasse Fibre for Sustainable Textile Applications}, proceedings={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Combinatorial and Optimization, ICCAP 2021, December 7-8 2021, Chennai, India}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICCAP}, year={2021}, month={12}, keywords={biodegradable needle punched nonwoven fabric packaging wastes plastics sugarcane bagasse fibres sustainability}, doi={10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314629} }- JC Sakthivel
S Brindha
G Gowthamraj
J Sabna
Year: 2021
Studies on the Properties of Sugarcane Bagasse Fibre for Sustainable Textile Applications
ICCAP
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.7-12-2021.2314629
Abstract
Plastic is one of the breakthrough inventions of the mankind. Plastics constitute an important component of the range of materials used in modern society like packaging, construction, transportation, apparels, gardening materials, healthcare, furniture and other applications. Though they have several meritorious properties like chemical inertness, light weight, durability, appreciable strength and flexibility, they are harmful to the environment as they are non-biodegradable in nature. About 40 % of plastics are used in packaging. So, developing reusable and biodegradable materials for packaging and other applications, where plastics are currently used is the need of the hour. New natural textile fibres can be extracted from natural resources and feasibility of using these fibres in suitable applications can be studied. Sugarcane bagasses are excellent sources of fibre which are less utilised now. They can be chemically treated to obtain useful textile fibre with a good amount of yield by proper extraction method. This paper mainly deals with extraction and characterization of fibers produced from bagasse. The extracted fibres have good moisture regain, density and tensile strength. The 100% bagassefibre needle punched nonwoven was developed successfully and it is suggested to use in the areas like agriculture textiles, geo textiles and suitable technical textiles applications considering sustainability and environment friendliness.