{"id":5259,"date":"2021-05-05T07:52:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/?p=5259"},"modified":"2022-10-03T17:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:12:51","slug":"renewable-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/2021\/05\/05\/renewable-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_5259 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_5259')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_5259').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. 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For these products, the manufacturing industry typically uses polystyrene materials like Styrofoam, whose production, use, and disposal pollutes the environment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5261 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour-1162x1536.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour-1550x2048.jpg 1550w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour-630x832.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Kharazipour.jpg 1746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>The idea of using innovative materials from re- newable resources to replace polystyrene orig- inates with Prof. Dr. Alireza Kharazipour, who is member of the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/de\/fakult%c3%a4t+f%c3%bcr+forstwissenschaften+und+wald%c3%b6kologie\/19852.html\">University of Go\u0308ttingen<\/a>. His research in the technical bio-center concentrates on chemistry and the process technology of composite materials. A night out at the cinema with his wife in Go\u0308ttingen inspired him to produce feather-light granulate from crushed corn. \u201cIn the dark, popcorn felt as light as Styrofoam balls\u201d, recalls Prof. Dr. Kharazipour. \u201cThe next day I made popcorn at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Soon his house began to reek of popcorn, so he had to move his experiments to the university\u2019s lab. He mixed popcorn with wood chips to produce a flakeboard which has the same material stability but is up to 40 percent lighter. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfleiderer.com\/\">Pfleiderer<\/a> company in Gu\u0308tersloh licensed his patent in 2011. By using his award-winning Balance Board, they manufacture kitchen furniture and equip AIDA cruise ships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Platten.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5262 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Platten-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Platten-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Platten.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>Meanwhile, Prof. Dr. Kharazipour\u2019s team at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/de\/69086.html\">Bu\u0308sgen Institute<\/a> has developed about 40 products composed of 100-percent crushed corn which use protein as a binder. \u201cThese products are lightweight because popcorn granulate resembles cells filled with air\u201d, explains the professor. \u201cIf grain maize expands to popcorn, the volume grows by 15 to 20 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While 19-mm-thick flakeboard weighs 650 to 700 kg\/ m3,<a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Hocker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5271\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Hocker-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Hocker-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Hocker-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Hocker-630x424.jpg 630w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Hocker.jpg 939w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a> popcorn board weighs in at an ultralight weight of 70 to 200 kg\/m3 \u201cIt costs less than plastics-based materials but it\u2019s just as solid and it can easily be cut by a circular saw.\u201d The material may be reused and it may even be home-composted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Flamme.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5263 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Flamme-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Flamme-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Flamme.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/><\/a>Because of the fire-resistant properties of popcorn-based material, various plastics manufacturers have submitted applications to license the patent for flakeboard. In contrast to Styrofoam-based insulation materials which burn fiercely at temperatures between 600 to 900 degrees in a combustion chamber, pop- corn board is merely singed. \u201cSince popcorn consists of starch, the polysaccharide surface caramelizes and turns hard as stone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Pop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5264\" src=\"http:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Pop-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Pop-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/greenfilmshooting.net\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/05\/Pop.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Moreover, with lambda figures below 0.040, popcorn insulation boaffers less thermal transmittance than Styrofoam, and thanks to its acoustic absorption properties, it\u2019s the perfect sound insulation for cinemas, studios, and theaters. Popcorn leftovers, which usually end up as organic waste, can be processed into insulation board \u2013 in the best sense of the circular economy. \u201cThe possibilities are multifaceted, and they haven\u2019t by any means all been exploited to their full potential\u201d, concludes Prof. Dr. Kharazipour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos: \u00a9 Prof. Dr. Alireza Kharazipour<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popcorn is the classic cinema snack, but the crispy crunchy delight offers more than just an added pleasure to watching a movie on the big screen. 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