XXX -X-XXXX -XXXX -X/XX/$XX.00 ©20 19 KGC PRODUCTION OF COST EFFECTIVE, BIODEGRADABLE, DISPOSABLE FEMININE SANITARY NAPKINS USING BANANA FIBRES Priya Petchimuthu Division of Biotechnology College of Bio and Chemical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Analysis and Training, Krishnankoil, Tami lnadu, India. Sarah Afreen Basha Division of Biotechnology College of Bio and Chemical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Analysis and Training, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, India.
Ramya Petchimuthu Division of Biotechnology College of Bio and Chem ical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Analysis and Training, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, India. Harshi Sundara Ganapathy Division of Biotechnology College of Bio and Chemical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Analysis and Training, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, India. Ramya Krishnaveni Murugan Division of Biotechnology College of Bio and Chemical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Analysis and Training, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, India. Uma Maheshwari Durairaj Division of Biotechnology College of B io and Chemical Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Analysis and Training, Krishnankoil, Tamilnadu, India. Summary ” Ladies all world wide use sanitary napkins for menstrual safety. In India, solely small proportion of girls makes use of sanitary serviette s.
The primary cause for such a low quantity pertains to the affordability of the folks. Sanitary napkins which might be obtainable now are non -biodegradable and likewise trigger extreme infections there by affecting girls’s well being. To beat this problem, sanitary bio napkins are created from pure supplies. Within the current research, naturally obtainable low-cost supplies like banana fiber and cotton that are simply obtainable, biodegradable and value efficient have been used. One other benefit of utilizing the pure supplies was the ir traits like porosity and retention of fluid for an extended time. The outcomes indicated that the napkins are ecofriendly and it reveals no damaging results to girls across the village. Key phrases ”Biodegradable, Bio napkins, Banana fibers I. INTRODUCTION These days all people is worried with creating the eco – pleasant atmosphere by lowering the environmental issues and nature air pollution. In addition to , well being and hygiene can also be very a lot vital for human beings. The utmost pollutions are from textile industr y, dye trade and healthcare trade [2]. Amongst these, healthcare wastes are the main air pollution that can create deliberate issues to the people. One main downside is the manufacturing and clearance of sanitary napkins. The napkins produced by t he corporations which aren’t degradable and unsafe for womens. Sanitary napkins ought to present consolation and security, and likewise enhance each girl’s well being and way of life. Ladies place these napkins subsequent to essentially the most delicate and absorbent tissue in our physique. Wome n spend not less than 20% of their life with these sanitary napkins. India being a creating nation, having 1.34 billion populations, in these 323.6 million peoples is feminine between the age group of 15 -49 [7]. In earlier years, papyrus, Moss, grass, Bandage s have been used throughout menstrual time and these supplies can causes Irritation, Itchiness Pores and skin rashes, allergy and result in very critical well being issues as a result of presence of microorganisms. Producers additionally add chemical compounds within the scented napkins that may cau se issues not solely the ladies who’s carrying it and likewise to the bab ies throughout embryonic growth. As a way to overcome these issues, right here we’re proposing s ustainable sanitary napkins by selecting different pure materials for the manufacturing. Within the current research, an try has been made to provide sanitary napkins from banana fiber, a pure absorbent fiber. It’s anticipated that incorporation of banana fibers grant antibacterial property and enhance the retentiveness [4]. Different vital prop erties like antioxidant, bio degradable, UV safety, climate safety. It has no damaging impact on atmosphere and it’s thought-about as eco -friendly fiber. II. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY MATERIALS: Sanitary napkins include multilayered construction and every layer ought to have some particular perform. Banana fiber, natural cotton, muslin material and canvas material have been used as a supply of fabric. Banana fiber is of course occurring materials and utterly degradable and poses no aspect impact to people and environme nt [3] Cotton wicks away moisture and retains pores and skin dry and its pH compatibility makes it. [5, 6] METHODOLOGY: A. Preparation of Banana fiber sheet The banana fibers are extracted from the stem of the banana tree and have been reduce into tiny items. The small banan a fiber items have been taken within the vessel or beaker and permit it to boil with water for an hour. To this, sodium hydroxide wa s added . Later, it wa s filtered utilizing a filter paper and the combination wa s poured onto a mould of a required form and let to dry underneath daylight for a day. The banana sheet is fashioned after drying. B. Softening of Canvas Fabric Canvas material is used as a high layer within the sanitary serviette. It’s normally utilized in making collar of shirts to take care of stiffness. To take away the starch from the material we now have to melt by scrubbing it with brush in order that the pore measurement will probably be elevated and this additionally growing the pore measurement of the material. C. Layering of sanitary serviette Sanitary pad includes of multilayered construction wherein every layer have exp licit capability to carry out [1]. The Banana fiber sheet is wrapped up with surgical cotton which is roofed with Muslin material. The entire setup is once more wrapped up with a Canvas material.Fig 1: Serviette structure III. RESULTS A. Survey A survey was taken from studen ts and workers of our College. Our product was designed in line with their calls for. Based on our survey, girls favor napkins which have absorbance of three -Four hours and they’re prepared to strive totally different manufacturers which might be chemical free. The survey photos are as follows: Fig 2: Subject Survey B. Extraction of Fiber [ ‚· Extraction of banana Fiber from the pseudo stem of the plant was executed manually. Fig three: Assortment of banana stem Fig Four: Extraction of fibers C. Processing of fibres After extraction, the fibers are made to chop into effective chops after which it was allowed to boil with 150 mL of distilled water and 5 gram of sodium hydroxide for an hour. The combination was cooled for about 1 and half hour to make a skinny sheet. Fig 5: Fiber processing D. Pack growing old of serviette The cotton was positioned on to the skinny banana sheet after which it was coated by the muslin material. The softened canvas material was used to wrap your entire sheets after which the nook of the canvas material within the serviette was allowed to stay utilizing he at or else stitches might be made within the nook of the serviette . Fig 6: Sanitary serviette E. Testing The primed serviette s after UV Sterilization have been examined by th e researchers who develope d the product and the outcome s have been good and the n the pattern s have been disctr ibuted to others. F. Distribution of Sanitary serviette The pattern napkins have been distributed to the folks in village s and the suggestions was recorded constantly. The villagers felt that the product has an absorbance capability of 5 hours and, no rashes or foul sm ell was noticed by them.Fig 7 : Pattern serviette distribution IV. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK Just lately, n atural assets are acquire ing consideration in solv ing the issues confronted by the folks world wide. Th is research proved that the substitute of non degr adable materials with the biodegradable materials for creating hygienic female merchandise is ecofriendly and value efficient. Use of pure materials in napkins will probably be value efficient and it may be reasonably priced by the decrease earnings folks. Utilizing this technolog y, we are able to discover a appropriate resolution to make the world higher for future technology. V. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The authors want to acknowledge the Administration of Kalasalingam Academy of Analysis and Training for provid ing a possibility to finish th is analysis work. VI. REFERENCES [1] Barman A*, Katkar PM and Asagekar SD. Pure and Sustainable Uncooked Supplies for Sanitary Serviette , Textile Sci Eng, 2017, 7:three [2] Dhinakaran M, Senthil CS, Sathis TK (2017) Growth and characterization of sanitary napkins with Lyocell/Modal as absorbent core. Worldwide Analysis Journal of Engineering and Know-how Four: 1003 – 1006. 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