Development of bio-absorbent foam pad for wound dressing from down chicken feather wastes
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2026
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busitema university
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Various environmental studies and research have suggested that non-biodegradable poultry waste, like feathers, poses a serious burden to the environment. The question is how we can utilize the chicken feathers generated from the poultry industry more effectively and sustainably in the environment in an effort to curb pollution. The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) came up with a national strategy for plastic (2023 to 2040), which involves shaping the market for plastic alternatives. There is a high demand for biodegradable fabric in the world. But the production of these bio-absorbent materials from waste biomass is not a well-developed technology. This study aims to look at the possibilities of using waste down chicken feathers in the production of bio-absorbent foam pad fabric for the biomedical world. Theoretical consideration of using chemical analysis to extract impurities is considered, and after the extraction of the fibre from the whole feather, the foam pad is produced using physical stitching after layering of foam fibres on the plain gauze fabric. Then the fabric will be treated using chemicals for disinfectants. The characteristics of the bio-absorbent are determined, and the optimization with design of experiment using central composite design of RSM in Minitab tool, will be investigated by systematically varying the orientations of fibres in the webs
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Undergraduate research report