Particleboard from waste tea leaves and wood particles

Abstract

The study investigated the use of waste tea ( Camellia sinensis) leaves mixed in various proportions with Paraserianthes falcataria (moluccan sau) wood particles for the manufacture of particleboard. Boards containing waste tea leaves alone showed low thickness swelling and water absorption after 24 h soaking in water. Addition of P. falcataria wood particles from 20% to 50% to waste tea leaves resulted in boards with satisfactory thickness swelling, water absorption, internal bond, stiffness, and strength well above the minimum requirements for general use particleboards set by EN 312-2 (1996). Results of the study showed that waste tea leaves can be used as an alternative material either alone or in combination with wood particles for the manufacture of particleboard.

Mechanical and physical properties of teak leaves waste/polyurethane composites for particleboard application

“…The absorption value of the leaves teak waste composite produced is better than that of several leaves waste composites, which has been developed by several authors, such as Al-Sulaiman et al produced palm fiber-reinforced composites with the water absorption ranging between 2.3% and 5.8%, 42 and Batiancela et al developed a wood particle from tea leaves waste and obtained the water absorption about 23-40%. 43 Therefore, in accordance with the several properties above, this composite has properness in competing the woods.…”

Properties of Particleboard Produced from Red Pine (Pinus brutia) Chips and Lavender Stems

“…Studies have been conducted to find the suitable agrofibers for composite manufacturing (Bektaş et al 2005). Some of the agrofibers studied so far are cotton and hemp stalks (Kollmann 1966), groundnut shell (Jain et al 1967), bagasse (Mitlin 1968;Turreda 1983), grain-wheat straw (Mosesson 1980;Han et al 1998), bamboo (Rowell and Norimoto 1998), tea plant waste (Nemli and Kalaycioğlu 1997;Yalinkiliç et al 1998;Filiz et al 2011;Batiancela et al 2014), sunflower stalks (Khristova et al 1998;Bektaş et al 2005), vine branches (Ntalos and Grigoriou 2002), castor stalks (Grigoriou and Ntalos 2001), corn stalks (Güler et al 2001), wheat straw and corn stalks (Wang and Sun 2002), kiwi branches (Nemli et al 2003), peanut shell (Batalla et al 2005), almond shells (Gürü et al 2006), agricultural waste (Arslan et al 2007), giant reed (Garcia-Ortuna et al 2011), kenaf (Xu et al 2013), kenaf and rubberwood (Abdul Halip et al 2014), sunflower seed husks (Cosreanue et al 2015), and hazelnut husk (Avcı et al 2013).…”

“…Zhang et al (2011) reported that they could produce particleboards from wheat straw that met minimum international standards by adding emulsifiable pMDI to urea formaldehyde glue at different ratios. Batiancela et al (2014) reported that they could produce general-purpose particleboards from waste tea leaves with Paraserianthes falcataria (moluccan sau) wood pieces at a ratio of 20 to 50% with 8% glue. Guler et al (2008) reported that they could produce 3-layer general purpose particleboards from chips obtained from peanut branches by mixing them with 25% of black pine chips.…”

Characteristics Particleboard Made From Areca Fiber With Tapioca and Gambier Adhesive

“…One of the most important reasons for the increasing trend in the production of natural fiber composite is due to easy economial disposal of the wastes [3]. Research on tea leaf waste can be used as an alternative material either alone or in combination with wood particles for the manufacture of particle boards [4]. The composite board of bagasse waste has good and potential strength and deflection behavior as a substitute for wood on interior furniture [5].…”