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Revision as of 17:38, 14 June 2023
Definition
Historical
Ford Motor Company produced a car out of Hemp Plastic in 1942. Henry Ford, who visited with George Washington Carver to develop this prototype, also contracted Rudolph Diesel to alchemize the Hemp Fuel that powered it. < pop. mech. Dec 1942 >
Technical
Hempurgy is a form of Khemurgy specific to the Qannabis plant.
Production
Soil
- Remediation
Typical strategies to remediate polluted soils are expensive and environmentally damaging. Examples include the excavation and burial of polluted soil at hazardous waste sites, the chemical processing of soil to immobilize metals, and using acid solutions to desorb and leach metals from soil taken from a waste site and returning the clean soil residue to the site.
Phytoremediation is a feasible, economical, and sustainable alternative for cleaning polluted soil. Phytoremediation is the use of green plants to remove metal pollutants from soil or render them harmless [5–8]. Many plants are known to accumulate metal pollutants, and the ability to accumulate metal varies significantly between species and between cultivars within a species. Most metal-accumulating plants are small shrubs with shallow roots requiring specific growing conditions [9–13]. To be effective at soil remediation, more than just the top layer of soil needs to be cleaned of pollutants. Hemp’s ability to extract metals from soil with its deep roots, combined with its commercial prospects, make it an ideal candidate as a profit-yielding crop when used for phytoremediation purposes.
The fact that hemp accumulates potentially toxic metals in all plant parts limits its use as a raw material in clothing and the food chain.
The high quality of hemp fibers and hurds is not affected by metal contamination, allowing them to be used in products such as composite materials. Following the harvest of pollutant-enriched plants, contaminated material is either composted, disposed of as hazardous material, or (more economically interesting) used for metal recovery.
- Aeration
Stalk
As a general rule, the bast is used for softer applications while the hurd is used for tougher applications.
Decortication is the process of removing the hemp plant's outermost layer, the bark. This can be done mechanically, with a machine that strips the bark off in one pass, or manually, by stripping it off by hand.
Decortication can also be used to process other plant materials, such as flax, jute, and kenaf.
Decortication separates the hurd from the bast by breaking up the stem of the plant. This can be done with a machine that uses spikes or knives, or by hand.
The bast fibers are then separated from the hurd by a process called retting. This can be done chemically, with a solution of water and enzymes, or mechanically, with a machine that strips the bast fibers off of the hurd.
- Fiber
bast: PLASTIC * CLOTHES * ROPE * INSULATION hurd: CONCRETE * WOOD * PAPER * BEDDING
For animals, the hurd is often used as bedding because it is absorbent and doesn't harbor bacteria like straw or hay. As a feed, the hurd is high in fiber but low in nutrients. It is sometimes used as a filler in animal feed mixes.
- Char
- Fuel
Seed
- Foodstuffs
"feed" vs "food"
- Oils
FOODMEDS(edible,topical) * PLASTIC * BIODIESEL
To make biodiesel from hemp, you will need to extract the oil from the plant material. Hemp seeds contain a high percentage of oil, and this oil can be used to make biodiesel.
To make biodiesel from hemp, you will need to follow these steps:
1. Extract the oil from the plant material.
2. Process the oil to remove impurities.
3. Use the processed oil to make biodiesel.
Flower
Application
Energy
Combustion
- Oil
Seeds process into Diesel Fuel.
- Gas
Entire biomass useful for Pyrolysis.
- Alcohol
Cellulose sugars distill into butanol/ethanol.
Electricity
Proof of concept in 201X for carbohydrate "supercapacitor" ==> Biocharger.
Material
Textiles
- Rope
- Clothing
Printing
- Paper
Building
- Rope
- Wood
- Concrete
- Plastic
Food
- Seed
- Oil
- Milk
- ↑ Placido, D.F.; Lee, C.C. "Potential of Industrial Hemp for Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals." Plants 2022, 11, 595. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11050595