The digestibility of wheat straw and wheat-straw pulp

Pretreatments to enhance the digestibility of wheat straw

Wheat straw is a sufficient agricultural by-product with a low market price. The biofuel produced from lignocellulosic material exhibits energetic, economic and environmental benefits in contrast to bio-ethanol from starch or sugar. Until now, physical and chemical difficulty caused by the close connection of the main components of lignocellulosic biomass, discourage the hydrolysis of cellulose...

The effect of wheat straw bleaching on some mechanical properties of wheat straw/LDPE biocomposites

Using biocomposites containing wheat straw (WS) and synthetic polymers like polyethylene (PE) has gained tremendous popularity, but its application in the packaging industry is not substantial. Due to the prevalence of raw WS color which manifests itself in the WS/LDPE biocomposite, the present investigation is dedicated to fabricate a bleached WS/LDPE composite. Thus, raw WS and the pulp of WS...

Biobleaching of Wheat Straw Pulp using Laccase and Xylanase

Wheat straw pulp can be considered to be one of most important raw materials for specialty and functional paper products. Bleaching sequences involving laccase and xylanase were applied to bleach wheat straw pulp. The bleached pulp properties after a sequence of xylanase (X), laccase (L), and extraction (E), i.e. XLE, were compared with those of LE and LEX sequences. It was found that the XLE b...

Chemical Treatment of Wheat Straw

Biodegradable Nanocomposites from Wheat Straw

We investigate the mechanical and thermal properties of cellulose nanofiber reinforced starch based thermoplastic composites. Cellulose nanofibers were isolated from wheat straw by a chemi-mechanical technique. Their morphology, physicochemical and thermal properties were investigated to examine potential applications as reinforcement fibers in biocomposites. Transmission electron microscopy re...