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4.4 Water Hyacinth as a Source of Material
Eichhornia crassipes has been successfully used for production of biopolymer, carbon fibre and composites. Carbon fibre is generally used as a source for composites
[10]. Commercially, carbon fibres are made from organic polymers like rayon, polyacrylonitrile or petroleum pitches which further depend upon petrochemicals and
refineries. High cost of these organic polymers is another limitation. To produce
Fig. 4 Cause-and-effect diagram for bioethanol production from water hyacinth
Fig. 5 Cause-and-effect diagram for biogas production from water hyacinth
P. V. Ganorkar et al.
4.4 Water Hyacinth as a Source of Material
Eichhornia crassipes has been successfully used for production of biopolymer, carbon fibre and composites. Carbon fibre is generally used as a source for composites
[10]. Commercially, carbon fibres are made from organic polymers like rayon, polyacrylonitrile or petroleum pitches which further depend upon petrochemicals and
refineries. High cost of these organic polymers is another limitation. To produce
Fig. 4 Cause-and-effect diagram for bioethanol production from water hyacinth
Fig. 5 Cause-and-effect diagram for biogas production from water hyacinth
P. V. Ganorkar et al.