Technical Hemp Fibres Treatment by Steam Explosion

From Forest and Agricultural Biomasses to High Added Value Products: Processes and Materials 2011
Jānis Grāvītis, Silvija Kukle, L. Belkova, A. Veveris, R. Tupciauskas, Anna Šutka, Anete Ķipure

Natural fibres as a renewable resource attract attention of scientists and practitioners and their applications are spreading in different industry branches. Hemp is a prospective historical agro-industrial culture grown in Latvia for fibres. The nano-, micro- and supra-molecular structure of hemp fibres is highly complex and not clearly understood to make any final decisions. In the current study of steam explosion (SE) auto-hydrolysis the Bialobrzeckie variety grown in the Agricultural Science Centre of Latgale region in Latvia is used to treat the hemp fibres.

Keywords
Natural fibres, cellulose, steam-explosion auto-hydrolosis, hemp

Grāvītis, J., Kukle, S., Belkova, L., Veveris, A., Tupciauskas, R., Šutka, A., Stikute, A. Technical Hemp Fibres Treatment by Steam Explosion. In: From Forest and Agricultural Biomasses to High Added Value Products: Processes and Materials, Italy, Viterbo, 5-8 September, 2011. Viterbo: Exorma, 2011, pp.173-176. ISBN 9788895688657.

Publication language
English (en)