Dr.M,.ESAKKIAMMAL
@nct.ac.in
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR & HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
NATIONAL COLLEGE, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry
FUTURE PROJECTS
WASTE NATURAL BIOMASS INTO HIGH VALUE ADDED COMPONENT AND ITS CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION
Abstract Modern man has been using as an enormous quantity of basic raw materials as possible converting them at first into valuable products and later when the products get discarded into waste. Not all components of solid waste are valuable. Some are useless and others are toxic. Using various processes, fresh biomass is converted into a liquid phase (nutrient-rich green juice containing lactic acids, amino acids, proteins and other components) and a solid phase that consists mainly of fibers, and whose economic return is said to determine the economic efficiency of the high value added component. Natural fibers such as jute, kenaf, sisal, hemp and flax have been used in the recent chemistry research area. Fibers and fibrous products account for the largest proportion of the product portfolio in the high value added component. Natural fibers are sustainable materials which are easily available in nature and have advantages like low-cost, lightweight, renewability, biodegradability,
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