Industrial Engineering & Management

Olalere Olusegun Abayomi

Publications

• Research Article
  Recycling of Rice Husk into a Locally-Made Water-Resistant Particle Board
  Author(s): Alao Kehinde Temitope, Alao Taiwo Onaopemipo, Adeleke Adegbola Olawale and Olalere Olusegun AbayomiAlao Kehinde Temitope, Alao Taiwo Onaopemipo, Adeleke Adegbola Olawale and Olalere Olusegun Abayomi
  
  A large quantity of rice husk in Nigerian rice milling industries poses a serious environmental health hazards. Rice husk particleboard is therefore one of such material which may be considered a potential substitutes for woods-based board products. This study presents an experimental work which investigates the potentiality of rice husk in the production of particleboards using starch wood glue (Top bond) as an alternative source of adhesives. The weighing scale was used to weigh the rice husk, starch, wood glue (Top bond) the mixture ratio adopted being 0.75 kg: 0.15 kg: 0.10 kg of the rice husk, starch, wood glue respectively, thoroughly mixed manually by using the mixer. The mixture was then poured into a mould with a dimension 300 mm × 300 mm × 15 mm. The particleboard was compacted using a hydraulic press in two (2) compacts. The particleboard was tested for water ab.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2169-0316.1000164

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