{"id":431,"date":"2024-12-01T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8039c1d0385554959.temporary.link\/wordpress\/?p=431"},"modified":"2025-11-10T08:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:27:44","slug":"biomethane-production-through-performance-enhancement-of-anaerobic-digestion-and-sludge-dewatering-processes-in-a-wastewater-treatment-plant-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/01\/biomethane-production-through-performance-enhancement-of-anaerobic-digestion-and-sludge-dewatering-processes-in-a-wastewater-treatment-plant-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioplastic Production Utilizing Jordanian Zeolite and Kaolin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7eff0b50a65e86587014a37ca16029fd\"><strong>Authors:  <\/strong>Nadeen Alsmadi , Mamdouh Allawzi , Munther Kandah , Mohammad Al-Harahsheh, Salaheddin AbuYahya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">DOI:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48103\/jjeci7112024\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48103\/jjeci7112024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/category\/issues\/2024\/volume7issue3\/\">JORDANIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (JJECI)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9c7f7b95c2c4271c84bf97aa2ff97126\">Pages: 82-93<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/656565.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;width:539px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1d4f428ed49ebe427e0c5894f6f25527\">`<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Abstract<\/span><\/h3>\n<pre style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The study investigates the production of biodegradable plastic films using gelatin as a biopolymer, glycerol as a <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">plasticizer, and natural fillers (Jordanian zeolitic tuff and kaolin) via solution casting method. Key findings demonstrate <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">that incorporating these fillers enhances the films' mechanical properties, biodegradability, and ductility. Increased filler<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">concentration improves film thickness, density, tensile strength (up to 4.97 MPa with kaolin), and toughness while <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">reducing moisture content, solubility, and elongation at break. Biodegradation tests reveal significant weight loss over <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">time, indicating the films' potential for rapid environmental breakdown. The ductility of the films decreases with increasing<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">filler concentration, suggesting enhanced rigidity. These results highlight the potential of utilizing Jordanian natural <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">resources to develop eco-friendly bioplastics with applications in packaging, soil additives, and other industries.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Paper type: Research paper<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Key words:<\/strong> biodegradation, bioplastic, waste kaolin, zeolitic tuff<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>Citation:<\/strong> Alsmadi, N.,Allawzi, M., Kandah, M., Al-Harahsheh, M.,and S., AbuYahya, \u201cBioplastic Production Utilizing Jordanian Zeolite and <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Kaolin\u201d, Jordanian Journal of Engineering and Chemical Industries, <br \/><strong>Vol. 7, No.3, pp: 82-93 (2024).<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/h5>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-pdf-viewer\" src=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48103\/jjeci7112024\" height=\"600\" width=\"600\" title=\"\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Nadeen Alsmadi , Mamdouh Allawzi , Munther Kandah , Mohammad Al-Harahsheh, Salaheddin AbuYahya DOI:&nbsp;https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48103\/jjeci7112024 JORDANIAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (JJECI) Pages: 82-93 ` Abstract The study investigates the production of biodegradable plastic films using gelatin as a biopolymer, glycerol as a plasticizer, and natural fillers (Jordanian zeolitic tuff and kaolin) via solution &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-10-dois","8":"category-volume-7-issue-3"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2546,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/2546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjeci.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}