Ke hana nei nā mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui ʻo Cranfield me nā hoa hana ma ke Kulanui o York e hoʻomohala i kahi ala ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hana i nā lole lole no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka biomass i loaʻa mai ka ʻōpala o nā mea kanu.
Ke hoʻohana nei ke kaʻina hana hou i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe haʻahaʻa e hoʻopau i ka cellulose i hana ʻia e nā hua bacteria mai nā mea kanu a me nā ʻōpala hale, e like me nā ʻōpala meaʻai a me ka ʻōwili kīhini. Hoʻokumu kēia i kahi ʻoluʻolu e like me ka meli liʻiliʻi a laila hiki ke wili ʻia i loko o nā fibers e hana i ka eco-textiles no ke ʻano hoʻomau.
He £32 biliona ka waiwai o ka ʻāpana lole i ka hoʻokele waiwai o UK i kēlā me kēia makahiki a i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona tone o nā lole e kiola ʻia. Hiki ke hōʻemi ʻia ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o ka ʻāpana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hou aʻe a me nā mea biodegradable e like me cellulose.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr Sameer Rahatekar, ka mea aʻoaʻo noiʻi i ka Manufacturing, Enhanced Composites & Structures Center ma Cranfield University: "ʻO ka ʻoihana lole o ka honua ke kuleana no ka 10 pakeneka o nā hoʻokuʻu kinoea hoʻomehana honua - ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mokulele a me ka hoʻouna ʻana - a me 20 pakeneka o nā wai ʻino a pau. Hāʻawi kā mākou hana me nā hoa hana ma ke Kulanui o York i kahi hopena haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o kā mākou hana ʻana i nā textiles a hōʻemi i ka nui o nā ʻōpala e komo i loko o ka ʻāina.
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Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dr Alexandra Lanot, University of York: "ʻO kēia kaʻina hana ka hopena o ka hana a mākou i hana ai i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala. ʻO koʻu manaʻolana e hiki koke iā mākou ke ʻaʻahu i nā lole i loaʻa mai ka ʻōpala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Polofesa Simon McQueen Mason, ke Kulanui o Ioka: "ʻO ka cellulose a me ka bacteria i hana ʻia mai loko mai o kēia ʻōpala, he mea waiwai maikaʻi loa ia e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā lole hou me ka liʻiliʻi o ka wāwae kaiapuni."
ʻO ka cellulose kahi hale i loaʻa i nā mea kanu a me ka lāʻau akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke unuhi me ka ʻole o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻawaʻawa e like me ka sulfuric acid a me ka carbon disulphide, i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia manawa i ka hana ʻana i nā textiles viscose/rayon cellulose.
Hoʻohana ke kaʻina hana i kūkulu ʻia ma Cranfield i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā textiles viscose/rayon cellulose.
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