Sustainable Applications of Coir and Other Coconut By-products

• Main Author: Reddy, Narendra (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Renewable energy resources.; Biomaterials.; Textile industry.; Sustainable development.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Textile Engineering.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

This book provides detailed information on the methods and techniques that can be used to process coir, cocopeat and other coconut byproducts for developing various bioproducts. Coir is a unique raw material in that it is abundant, green, and sustainable. The most common industrial application of co...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of coir-Source, production, processing, properties
• Agricultural applications for coir
• Biotechnological applications for coir
• Composites containing coir
• Coir for environmental remediation
• Coir and its processing for energy applications
• Textiles from coir
• Medical applications of coir
• Coir in the transportation sector
• Miscellaneous applications.