Eco-Friendly softening for banana Fibers from Sri Lankan banana cultivar: Influence on physical and chemical Properties on banana Fibers

ABSTRACT

The main focus of this research is the degumming of pseudostem and enzyme treatment of banana fiber for textile applications and investigating the relationship between banana fiber enzyme degumming and enzyme treatment parameters and fiber properties. To examine the physical and mechanical properties of the fibers, the five varieties (Ambun, Ambul, Atamuru, Puwalu and Kolikuttu) of the selected banana fibers that were mechanically extracted were examined further. These five banana varieties were subjected to mechanical and enzyme degumming methods. Banana fibers were treated using different enzyme concentrations and different time durations. The biologically extracted (degumming of pseudostem) fiber was found to have reduced its diameter from 357.9 µm to 140.23 µm, which is about a 60.8% diameter reduction compared to the diameter value of the mechanically extracted fiber. Pectinase enzyme treatment had reduced its diameter from 213.2 µm to 90.6 µm, which is about a 57.5% reduction compared to the mechanically extracted fibers.

摘要

本研究的主要重点是假茎的脱胶和用于纺织的香蕉纤维的酶处理,并研究香蕉纤维酶脱胶与酶处理参数和纤维性能之间的关系. 为了检查纤维的物理和机械性能,进一步检查了机械提取的选定香蕉纤维的五个品种(Ambun、Ambul、Atamuru、Puwalu和Kolikuttu). 对这五个香蕉品种进行了机械脱胶和酶脱胶. 采用不同的酶浓度和不同的时间处理香蕉纤维. 发现生物提取(假茎脱胶)纤维的直径从357.9µm减小到140.23µm,与机械提取纤维的直径值相比,直径减小约60.8%. 果胶酶处理使其直径从213.2µm减小到90.6µm,与机械提取的纤维相比减少了57.5%.

KEYWORDS:

• Banana fiber
• pectinase enzyme
• single fiber strength
• fiber diameter

关键词:

• 香蕉纤维
• 果胶酶
• 单纤维强度
• 纤维直径

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Sri Lanka Institute of Textile and Apparel(slita), Sri Lanka, for the technical support and necessary facilities for this research.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).