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Utilization of Banana Fiber For Making Wrapping Paper: Nitesh Baraiya

This document discusses utilizing banana fiber for making wrapping paper. It details a banana pseudostem processing unit that was established in 2009 to produce both paper and textiles. The procedure involves separating banana stem fibers mechanically after soaking. The fibers are then heated with sodium hydroxide to produce pulp, which is formed into paper using a mold and deckle before drying. Experimental results found banana fiber has potential to replace plastics for wrapping paper due to its low production cost and cellulosic properties.

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Utilization of Banana Fiber For Making Wrapping Paper: Nitesh Baraiya

This document discusses utilizing banana fiber for making wrapping paper. It details a banana pseudostem processing unit that was established in 2009 to produce both paper and textiles. The procedure involves separating banana stem fibers mechanically after soaking. The fibers are then heated with sodium hydroxide to produce pulp, which is formed into paper using a mold and deckle before drying. Experimental results found banana fiber has potential to replace plastics for wrapping paper due to its low production cost and cellulosic properties.

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UTILIZATION OF BANANA

FIBER FOR MAKING


WRAPPING PAPER
Candidates:
Amish Dayma (186380305003)
Harshit Kachhia(186380305009)
Kuldeep Mahida(186380305016)
Guided By: Nitesh Baraiya
Banana Pseudostem Processing Unit

Held in Navsari (since 2009)


Collaborated with CIRCOAT
,MUMBAI &
MANTRA ,SURAT and J.K PAPER
SONGADH.
This industry was not only
established for the purpose of paper
production but also for textile
manufacturing.
Procedure:  Cut the Banana Stem vertically side and
seperates it’s layer using hand.
 Now we separate fiber by means of
Dry Pulp mechanical extraction (Raspador Machine)
 Properly Soak fiber in water and dry it untill it
becomes moisture free in presence of
sunlight.
 Store it …
 Navsari Agriculture University(NAU) have
worked till now. But the process is followed
by the department of Biology ,chemistry And
environmental science northen Caribbean
University.
Wet Pulp
 Now for pulp production the fibers are
heated with NaOH (15-20%) as per
requirement.
 Cool this Pulp.
 Blend with water and filter it and
simultaneously wash water.
 Now pulp is ready.
Pour the pulp mixture in mold
and deckle which is in contact
Mold and Deckle with water bath ( with water
and formation aid )
Now use finger to disturb the
pulp without touching the
mesh.
Now take it on a filter paper
and press it to removes excess
water.
And dry it.
Now paper is Ready…
Production Of Wrapping Paper From Banana
Fiber
Presently,Woody material replaced by nonwoody material in
pulping industry.
 Banana fiber - eco-friendly raw material for making wrapping
paper with Potential of offset Plastic wrapping material.
Paper Is produced by ,Recycled or vergin fiber of cellulose
and It’s Physiochemical properties of fiber ranging from Old
jens to grass clipping.
Production cost of Non fiber is Lower than fiber material.
Banana plant excellent source of cellulosic fiber.
Chemically Extracted Banana Fiber-Kraft process.
Experiment
 Raw Material: Banana Fiber
 Chemicals: NAOH, Na2S and Water
 Procedure:
 The fibers were washed and cleaned with
water to remove extraneous matter such as
grit and soil particles and also excess sap
water.
 The pseudo-stem sheaths were manually
separated into individual sheath.
 The sheath were carefully tuxied using a
sharp blade and the extracted fibers were
deprived of pith.
 Chemical pretreatment: Cooking of finely chopped and oven-
dried banana bits with white liquor (NaOH and Na2S) in a 2:5 ratio.
 cool
 fibers were filtered in a cloth supported by a wire mesh test sieve.
And allow black liquor(containing lignin) to flow Through cloth.
 After filtration, we are left with brown stock (pulp with residual
lignin).
 The brown stock was thoroughly washed with water for about 40
minutes to remove black liquor (sodium lignite)and excess alkali.
 washed pulp was subjected to heating in presence of water in an
electric mixer. The revolving rotors mechanically refined the fibers
into uniform length for pulp consistency.
 Screening is performed to separate the beaten pulp into accepts
and rejects. At this stage, shives ,knots and uncooked fibers are
removed as rejects.
 Banana pseudo stem content:
- 12.1 % lignin
- 9.5 % ash
- Kappa number is 72.3
Tensile Index (banana fiber +waste Paper):- 29.4
N.m/g
Avg bursting index (wrapping paper):- 2.0 kPa.m2/g
Mean thickness of the papers:- 0.263 ±0.04 mm
 The tuxying technique was an efficient method of pith
separation from banana fiber. A total of four fully grown and
harvested banana plants allowed production of about 50
papers with mixed ratios of wastepaper and bagasse fibers.
 Banana waste residues which are habitually wasted after
harvesting, have sufficient cellulose amounts coupled with
low lignin contents which make it ideal as an alternative low
cost material for papermaking.
 The banana papers produced demonstrated satisfactory
empirical results even without the use of strengthening or
binding agents to act as glue.

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