Ofufuza pa yunivesite ya Cranfield akugwira ntchito ndi anzawo ku yunivesite ya York kuti apange njira yobiriwira yopangira nsalu zopangira zovala pogwiritsa ntchito biomass yochokera ku zinyalala za mbewu.
Njira yatsopanoyi imagwiritsa ntchito zosungunulira zochepetsetsa zachilengedwe kuti zisungunuke mapadi opangidwa ndi mabakiteriya kuchokera ku mbewu ndi zinyalala zapakhomo, monga zotsalira za chakudya ndi mpukutu wakukhitchini. Izi zimapanga yankho la viscous ngati uchi lomwe limatha kukulungidwa kukhala ulusi kuti lipange nsalu zachilengedwe kuti zikhale zokhazikika.
Gawo lazovala limakhala lamtengo wa $ 32 biliyoni kuchuma cha UK pachaka ndipo chaka chilichonse pafupifupi matani miliyoni miliyoni amatayidwa. Mavuto azachilengedwe a gawoli atha kuchepetsedwa pogwiritsa ntchito zida zongowonjezedwanso komanso zowonongeka monga cellulose.
Dr Sameer Rahatekar, Mphunzitsi Wofufuza pa Zopanga, Enhanced Composites & Structures Center ku yunivesite ya Cranfield, anati: "Makampani opanga zovala padziko lonse lapansi ndi omwe amachititsa 10 peresenti ya mpweya wowonjezera kutentha - kuposa maulendo a ndege ndi kutumiza - ndi 20 peresenti ya madzi onse oipa. Kugwira ntchito kwathu ndi anzathu ku yunivesite ya York kumapereka njira yochepetsera chilengedwe yomwe ingasinthe momwe timapangira nsalu ndikuchepetsa zinyalala zomwe zimatayidwa.
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Dr Alexandra Lanot, wa ku yunivesite ya York, anati: “Mchitidwewu ndi zotsatira za ntchito imene tagwira m’zaka khumi zapitazi. Chiyembekezo changa n’chakuti posachedwapa tidzatha kuvala zovala zochokera ku zinyalala m’malo mwake.”
Pulofesa Simon McQueen Mason, wa ku yunivesite ya York, anati: “Ma cellulose ndi mabakiteriya omwe amapangidwa kuchokera mu zinyalalazi ndi zinthu zabwino kwambiri zomwe zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito popanga nsalu zatsopano zokhala ndi malo ocheperako.
Cellulose ndi kapangidwe kamene kamapezeka muzomera ndi matabwa koma sikophweka kutulutsa popanda kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala oopsa monga sulfuric acid ndi carbon disulphide, omwe panopa amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga nsalu za viscose/rayon cellulose.
Njira yopangira yomwe idapangidwa ku Cranfield imagwiritsa ntchito zosungunulira zocheperako zomwe zitha kuwononga chilengedwe poyerekeza ndi nsalu za viscose/rayon cellulose.
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