The Effect of Steam Explosion Treatment on Technical Hemp Fibres

Authors

  • Silvija Kukle Riga Technical University
  • Jānis Grāvītis Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry
  • Anna Putniņa Riga Technical University
  • Anete Stikute Riga Technical University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2011vol1.902

Keywords:

auto-hydrolysis, cellulose, elementary fibres, hemp, steam explosion

Abstract

As hemp is a renewable resource with the high biomass yield it could be considered as potential abundant local biomass material for a wide range of applications. In this article hemp fibres architecture as a source of high strength cellulose are analysed. In experimental part steam explosion technology is applied to disintegrate technical hemp fibres to elementary fibres with the aim to find out the best way of procedure without usage to environment harmful chemical pre-treatments and looking forward to solve problems on further nano-level environment friendly hemp cellulose disintegration.

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Author Biographies

  • Silvija Kukle, Riga Technical University
    Department of Design and Textile Products Technology
  • Anna Putniņa, Riga Technical University
    Department of Design and Textile Products Technology
  • Anete Stikute, Riga Technical University
    Department of Design and Textile Products Technology

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Published

2015-08-05

How to Cite

[1]
S. Kukle, J. Grāvītis, A. Putniņa, and A. Stikute, “The Effect of Steam Explosion Treatment on Technical Hemp Fibres”, ETR, vol. 1, pp. 230–237, Aug. 2015, doi: 10.17770/etr2011vol1.902.