In this study, a particular interest was focused on the recovery of lignocellulosic waste of olive husk flour (OHF) by its incorporation as filler in manufacturing composite materials based on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix with various filler contents (10, 20, and 30 wt %). The problem of incompatibility between the hydrophilic filler and the hydrophobic matrix was treated with two methods: the first method consists of using maleic anhydride-grafted polyethylene (MAPE) as compatibilizer in HDPE/OHF composites. The second method, was focused on the chemical modification of OHF by vinyl-triacetoxy-silane (VTAS). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is used to analyze both grafting and silanization reactions involved. Scanning electron microscopy was used to show the morphology of the flour surface. Furthermore, the physicomechanical and thermal characteristics of the various composite samples were investigated as a function of filler contents and treatment types. The results showed that the properties of the composite materials are positively affected by the silanization treatment of OHF and also by MAPE addition. However, better mechanical and thermal properties with less moisture absorption were obtained for the composite materials compatibilized with MAPE.

In Algeria, a significant quantities of olive husk are rejected to nature causing by the way major nuisances to environment, to give us a reason for which our work is focused on the valorization of this waste by its incorporation in a polypropylene matrix. The hydrophilic nature of natural fibers affects negatively its adhesion to hydrophobic polymeric matrix. To improve interfacial adhesion, two modes of chemical treatments were done using vinyltriacetoxysilane (VTAS) and maleic-anhydridepolypropylene (PPMA) compatibilisant agent. Several formulations of PP filled with 10 and 20% by mass of olive husk flour treated (OHFT) and untreated (OHFUT) were prepared. The chemical modification of olive husk flour was studied by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The tensile properties, the water-absorption behavior, the thermal degradation properties, and crystallinity of the composites were investigated. It was found that, the incorporation of the treated and untreated OHF improves the thermal stability of the composites. However, the use of the compatibilizer agent PPMA leads to a better thermal stability compared with the treatment of the OHF by the VTAS and the OHFUT.

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Un intéret particulier a été porté au grignons dʼolive, qui est un sous produit des rejets des différentes huileries. Chaque année, des milliers de tonnes de ce produit sont incinérés ou carrément rejetés dans la nature. Ce dernier, dont les caractéristiques restent à valoriser, est mis à profit par son incorporation comme charge dans lʼélaboration des matériaux composites à matrice polyéthylène haute densité (PEHD). Pour réduire le caractère hydrophile de la farine, un agent compatibilisant (polyéthylène greffé anhydride maléique) commercialisé sous le nom XA255 a été utilisé. Les échantillons obtenus par extrusion et injection seront ensuite caractérisés par différentes techniques dʼanalyse à savoir, le test de traction, lʼanalyse thermogravimétrique (ATG/DTG), lʼanalyse enthalpique différentielle (DSC) et lʼanalyse microscopique électronique à balayage (MEB). Avec lʼincorporation de la farine de grignon dʼolive (FGO) dans la matrice PEHD, la contrainte à la rupture diminue, tandis que la rigidité du matériau et le taux de cristallinité augmentent. Après traitement, on enregistre une amélioration, à la fois de la contrainte à la rupture et du module de Young, due principalement à une meilleure adhésion fibre/matrice, confirmée par lʼanalyse MEB. Lʼanalyse thermogravimétrique a montré une meilleure stabilité thermique des formulations F30 traitée, qui se manifeste par la diminution de la vitesse maximale de décomposition.