Bio-charge Elastic Characterization for A Qualitative Perspective of Innovative Bio-Composite Materials

Abstract

In order to save natural resources, recycling necessarily becomes a top priority for all of us, to save exhaustible resources, produce green energy and preserve the environment.In this perspective, we are trying to valorize a waste of animal origin, largely neglected by the actors of materials, through an industrial transformation into a biological charge to make new sustainable bio-composite materials.Using a tensile test bench, we try to mechanically characterize this biomaterial of renewable resources that, unlike eco-composites, has been neglected by the material actors.Obtained from waste, with a high recycling potential and from renewable resources, the bio-charge to be analyzed will be injected, later in different polymer materials in order to support the evolution of their physicochemical properties: resistance to elongation, wear, heat, corrosion, etc.Consequently, we will be able to contribute to an eco-design of sustainable materials with safeguarding exhaustible resources and preserving our environment

Thermogravimetric Analysis of Rigid PVC and Animal-Origin Bio-Composite: Experimental Study and Comparative Analysis

“…In our endeavor to enhance the physico-chemical and thermomechanical characteristics of rigid polyvinyl chloride (PVC), we have innovated by developing a bio-composite. This material is predominantly composed of PVC, representing 90% of the total composition, and also incorporates a biological filler derived from bovine horn, constituting 10% (Figure 3 and Figure 4) [15,16]. Our bioloading approach aims to harness the intrinsic properties of bovine horn, rich in keratin [38], to reinforce and diversify the characteristics of PVC.…”

“…To create this bio-composite, the biomass undergoes a drying process, followed by grinding to achieve a powder solution. This powder, along with rigid PVC grains, is fed into an extruder to produce bio-composite specimens [15].…”

“…Continuing their work, the research group shifted its focus to the extrusion production and in-depth characterization of the mechanical properties of an innovative bio-composite. This bio-composite, comprising 90% PVC and 10% biomass from bovine horn, underwent thorough analyses, including tensile tests to elucidate the mechanical characteristics of this revolutionary material [15][16][17].…”

A comparative study of analytical and numerical models of mechanical properties of composites and hybrid composites reinforced with natural reinforcements

“…8,9 Lately, the need to adapt to economic constraints and the appearance of new terms such as sustainable development, green chemistry, and industrial ecology lead to the development of new composite materials and hybrid composites reinforced by natural elements. 10 These bio-fillers derived from plant origin such as flax, hemp, wood, alfa, coconut, henna, cotton hulls, pine cones, etc., [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] mineral origin including clay, brucite, basalt, talc, chalk..., 5,[19][20][21] or from the animal origin as horn, silk, etc. 22,23 This new generation of materials has shown improved mechanical properties, reduced weight, and/or cost.…”