Optimization and Characterization of Cellulose Extracted from Sugarcane Bagasse
Saad, A., Ahmed, H., Megally, I., Ahmed, M., Ibraheem, M., Farouk, S., Ahmed, H., Khalaf, E. (2022). Optimization and Characterization of Cellulose Extracted from Sugarcane Bagasse. EKB Journal Management System, 6(6), 1-9. doi: 10.21608/iugrc.2022.302662
Ahmed Ali Saad; Hisham Sayed Ahmed; Ismael Abdel-Nasser Megally; Mahmoud Ahmed; Mostafa Tarek Ibraheem; Sabah Mohamed Farouk; Hosam Mohamed Ahmed; Eyad Sayed Abdallah Khalaf. "Optimization and Characterization of Cellulose Extracted from Sugarcane Bagasse". EKB Journal Management System, 6, 6, 2022, 1-9. doi: 10.21608/iugrc.2022.302662
Saad, A., Ahmed, H., Megally, I., Ahmed, M., Ibraheem, M., Farouk, S., Ahmed, H., Khalaf, E. (2022). 'Optimization and Characterization of Cellulose Extracted from Sugarcane Bagasse', EKB Journal Management System, 6(6), pp. 1-9. doi: 10.21608/iugrc.2022.302662
Saad, A., Ahmed, H., Megally, I., Ahmed, M., Ibraheem, M., Farouk, S., Ahmed, H., Khalaf, E. Optimization and Characterization of Cellulose Extracted from Sugarcane Bagasse. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 6(6): 1-9. doi: 10.21608/iugrc.2022.302662

Optimization and Characterization of Cellulose Extracted from Sugarcane Bagasse

The International Undergraduate Research Conference
Volume 6, Issue 6, September 2022, Page 1-9  XML PDF (1.36 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/iugrc.2022.302662
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Authors
Ahmed Ali Saad1; Hisham Sayed Ahmed1; Ismael Abdel-Nasser Megally1; Mahmoud Ahmed1; Mostafa Tarek Ibraheem1; Sabah Mohamed Farouk2; Hosam Mohamed Ahmed3; Eyad Sayed Abdallah Khalaf4
1Egyptian Academy for Engineering and Advanced Technology, Egypt.
2Egyptian Academy for Engineering and Advanced Technology, Teaching Assistant
3Abu Zaabal Company for Speciality Chemicals, Chemist.
4Science & Technology Centre of Excellence, PhD Egypt.
Abstract
The surplus in the amount of agricultural wastes leftover on the Egyptian farmlands after each harvest season, along with the presidential initiative and the current strategic vision 2030 towards sustainable development, are the main challenge and strong ambition to conduct this research study. This study evaluates the extraction of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) celluloses with alkali treatment, aided by an optimization for the obtained results by using the response surface methodology (RSM) as a statistical method for modeling and analyzing a process. Seventeen experimental runs were executed to study the influence of various process variables, such as extraction time (1-4 hrs), temperature (50-90 oC) and the concentration of NaOH (2-10 %) on the response (yield) of extracted cellulose. It was estimated that the optimum operating conditions for extracting the high yield (0.5871 g of cellulose/g of bagasse) of cellulose were obtained at time of (2.4 hrs), temperature of (60 oC) and NaOH concentration of (9.8 %). It was also evident from these experiments that the suitable coefficient of determination (R2=0.8772), which is higher than 75 % showed that the quadratic polynomial model is significant and sufficient to represent the actual relationship between the response and significant variable. The extracted celluloses were characterized by Fourier transmission infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The increase in crystallinity from 31.76 percent for the raw bagasse fibres to 51.13 percent for the extracted cellulose, as observed from the XRD analysis was found to be in complete agreement with the findings of FTIR analysis.
Keywords
Agricultural Wastes; Cellulose; Sugarcane Bagasse; RSM; Crystallinity
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