THE STUDY ON THE PRODUCTION OF PULP AND PAPER HAND SHEET FROM ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (OKRA STEM

📄 Project Abstract

The increase in the global consumption of paper and allied products has remained a topical issue in recent time. Wood contributes the major raw material used for the production of pulp and paper worldwide and this has led to the incessant depletion of forestry products with resultant environmental degradation. This present work involves the use of raw material of Abelmoschus esculentus (okra stem), a non-woody cellulosic biomass wastes for pulp and paper industries. Pulp production of the A. esculentus was carried out using Kraft pulping process with NaOH and Na2S alkali cooking liquor and various characterizations was carried out using the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) Standards. The paper characterization i.e. tensile and tear strength property of the Kraft paper hand sheets and hydrogen peroxide bleached paper were analyzed using the Saumya Universal Testing Machine (UTM) model UTM D2. The yield of the Kraft Pulp obtained was 62 % while the hydrogen pe...