Characterization and Spinning Performance of Pineapple Leaf Fibers: An Economic and Sustainable Approach for Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

The by-products of pineapple fruits such as stems and leaves are generally considered as agro-wastes, but these wastes can be used as raw materials for reinforced fibre, yarn and eventually in fabric formation. Unlike PALF, Jute is a bast fibre and one of the main cash crops of Bangladesh, which has already proven as a versatile fibre. In this study, the spinning performance of PALF such as fineness, bundle strength, breaking tenacity and breaking elongation properties have been studied and compared with jute. It showed that the physical and structural characteristics of PALF were similar to jute fibre, even in some cases PALF is better. Another study was done in which it was found that surface characteristics like color strength (K/S value), whiteness, yellowness, and brightness signifies that the PALF yarn is almost similar in comparison with jute yarn. Besides, Pineapple Leaf Fibres contained relatively greater diameter compared with that for jute fibre and consequently, the quality ratio value of yarn for PALF was much smaller than that of jute yarn. Finally, a comparative decision is made; that the use of PALF can be a sustainable replacement toward an economy based agricultural solution for Bangladesh.

摘要

菠萝果实的副产品，如茎和叶，通常被认为是农业废弃物，但这些废弃物可以用作增强纤维、纱线的原材料，最终形成织物. 与PALF不同，黄麻是一种韧皮纤维，是孟加拉国的主要经济作物之一，已经被证明是一种多用途纤维. 研究了PALF的细度、成束强度、断裂强力和断裂伸长率等纺纱性能，并与黄麻进行了比较. 结果表明，PALF的物理和结构特征与黄麻纤维相似，甚至在某些情况下PALF的性能更好. 另一项研究发现，PALF纱的色强（k/s值）、白度、黄度、白度等表面特征与黄麻纱基本相似.此外，菠萝叶纤维的直径比黄麻纤维的直径大，因此，PALF的成纱质量比远小于黄麻纤维. 最后，做出了一个比较性的决定：使用PALF可以成为孟加拉国以经济为基础的农业解决方案的可持续替代品.

KEYWORDS:

• PALF
• jute
• spinning performance
• sustainability
• quality ratio
• FTIR

关键词:

• 黄麻
• 旋转性能
• 持续性
• 质量比

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.