The goal of this study was to develop a fungal process for ethanol production from corn fiber. Laboratory-scale solid-substrate fermentation was performed using the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium in 1 L polypropylene bottles as reactors via incubation at 37 degrees C for up to 3 days. Extracellular enzymes produced in situ by P. chrysosporium degraded lignin and enhanced saccharif...

The Terumo Capiox SX18R is a commercially available, low prime, reverse phase, hollow fiber membrane oxygenator. The oxygenator consists of a 1.8 m2 microporous polypropylene hollow fiber bundle, a 2200 cm2 tubular stainless steel heat exchanger, and an open hard shell venous reservoir with integral cardiotomy filter. The Terumo Capiox SX18R oxygenator was evaluated to determine its clinical ox...

Fibres are generally used as resistance of cracking and strengthening of concrete. In this project, I am going to carry out test on steel fibre reinforced concrete to check the influence of fibres on flexural strength of concrete. According to various research papers, it has been found that steel fibres give the maximum strength in comparison to glass and polypropylene fibres. Hence, in this pr...

Composite wood products have traditionally relied on thermosetting polymers like phenol-formaldehyde and urea-formaldehyde resins as binders. The continuing need to effectively utilize lignocellulosic fiber from lowquality hardwoods and from recycling streams has prompted consideration of new composites based on thermoplastic polymers [ 1,2]. Much of the development effort has focused on commod...

The bending performance of a basalt-polypropylene fiber-reinforced concrete (HBPFRC) was characterized by testing 24,400 × 100 mm3 prismatic specimens in four-point test JSCE-SF4 configuration. type and content both fibers were varied order to guarantee different target levels post-cracking flexural performance. results evidenced that mono-micro basalt fiber reinforced (BFRC) allows the increas...

Human shidies: A: The influence of the underwear fabric material on sweat production, evaporation, and sweat accumulation in a two-layer clothing system (I,d =.0.25 m2.K-W-') was studied (n=8). Five different fiber type materials (cotton (C), wool 0, polypropylene (P), and two polyesters with different finish (Po l , P02)) were tested in the underwear. The 2-hour test comprised a twice repeated...

The adhesion between mineral surfaces and organic polymers is important in many industrial products. Examples range from paints to filled plastics and fiber reinforced composites. Talc, for example, is well known to be an important reinforcing filler for polyolefins such as polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) [1]. Usually, for this application, there is no need to treat the mineral surface...