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Converting Waste Agricultural Biomass into a Resource - UNEP

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Davis & Standard Twin Screw Extruder<br />

USA, Commercial<br />

Crop<br />

Residue<br />

Process<br />

Equipment<br />

Main Product<br />

By-Product<br />

Wheat<br />

Straw<br />

Fiberization, Reduction<br />

Twin Screw Extruder<br />

Wheat straw polypropylene composites used as<br />

agro plastic materials 208<br />

Pelletized feedstock<br />

Technical Description of Technology 209<br />

Twin Screw Extruder<br />

* Modular co-rotating twin-screw extruder<br />

* In-line compounding series<br />

* Diameters from 20mm and larger<br />

* Designed for research and/or continuous production<br />

* Processing speeds up to 1800 RPM<br />

Detailed Process Description 210<br />

Figure 1. General Schematic of the Compounding Process<br />

208 http://www.agroplastics.com/biomass.pdf<br />

209 http://www.davis-standard.com/public_html/products/compounding.html<br />

210 http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1997/johns97b.pdf<br />

388

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