Design and Fabrication of Pulverising Unit for Maximum Absorptivity of Raw Banana Fiber

International Conference on Mechanical, Materials and Renewable Energy

机械制造;材料科学;能源学

Sreekumar, Soumithri^1 ; Murali, Anoop^1 ; Aravind Vasudevaru, A.^1 ; Rajendran, Amal^1 ; Rajesh, R.^1 ; Rakesh, N.^1 ; Sreerag, S.R.^1

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, India^1

关键词: Absorbing materials;    Absorptivities;    Banana fibers;    Developing world;    Minimum requirements;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/377/1/012039/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/377/1/012039

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Women in the developing world lack awareness of basic sanitation during their menstrual days. Moreover, the sanitary pads available in the market are so expensive that it is unaffordable to them. Lot of research is going on, for making sanitary pads affordable for common women. One such method to make sanitary pads affordable is to use frequently available materials as the absorbing substance. This paper discusses one such novel approach of using raw banana fiber as the absorbing material that can be used in sanitary pads. The minimum requirement of any sanitary pad is the factor of absorptivity, or the ability to absorb liquid to a sufficient degree. The paper also includes optimization of the blades of pulverising unit for maximizing the absorptivity of absorbent fiber.