Plastics were commonly used as packaging materials for primary, secondary, and tertiary needs. However, the continuous use of plastic was inadequate for the environment. The research that was developing to address the use of conventional plastics is bioplastics. Bioplastics undergo faster degradation but had low mechanical strength and were hydrophilic. One of the main ingredients of bioplastics was starch. This study aimed to examine the effect of using starch-based materials on the quality parameters of bioplastic tensile strength and elongation quality. The tensile strength and elongation values of bioplastic from various treatments showed a relatively large range of results. Glycerol was the most widely used plasticizer because Glycerol has the best interaction ability compared to other plasticizers when combined with starches with different characters, either by adding various types of fillers or without adding fillers. The types of fillers that were commonly used are chitosan, clay, and ZnO. The use of plasticizers and fillers gives an opposite contribution to the bioplastic quality of tensile strength and Elongation.
The current research aimed to increase the calorific value of woody cutting waste briquette with paper waste pulp as binder. There were three different binder variation used in this study, they are 5 %, 10 %, and 15 %. To create a briquette, a cylindrical iron mold with diameter of 3.5 cm and height of 3 cm and a hydraulic press with 2 t power were applied. The physical characteristics of the combination woody waste briquette and paper waste pulp, such as moisture content, ash content, volatile matter and carbon fix were examined using proximate analysis. The calorific value of briquetted fuel was tested by bomb calorimeter. The combustion test was performed to determine the combustion characteristic of briquettes, for example initial ignition time, temperature distribution, and combustion process duration. The general result shows that the calorific value of briquette stood in the range of 4 876 kCal kg–1 to 4 993 kCal kg–1. The maximum moisture content of briquette was 5.32 %. The longest burning time was 105 min.
Starch-based bioplastic was more economical and competitive compared to bacteria-based bioplastics (polylactic acid, polybutylene succinate, and polyhydroxyalkanoates) due to the starch variances and the availability in Indonesia, along with the simple techniques that can be applied. This review aimed to describe the potential and opportunities of edible canna starch as an alternative raw material of bioplastics production. Edible canna tuber productivity in Java, Indonesia, with a harvest age of about eight months reaches 30-49.4 tons/ha. It will produce a mature segment 70.2% of the total harvest weight. Edible canna tuber was a carbohydrate source that contains 88.10% starch with an advantage of 68% higher fiber and mineral content than other tubers. Furthermore, canna tuber starch contains amylose proportions of 35.0%. The high amylose content in canna starch is one of the properties that can position its function for developing packaging materials. The gelatinization process of canna starch requires a short time and low energy because of its large granule size (56 μm). A literature review of canna starch as an alternative of bioplastic raw materials needs to be carried out to obtain accurate data and information regarding treatment, use of additional materials, and characteristics of bioplastic products resulting from experimental studies so that they can be further implemented.
Nanofiber through electrospinning process has been developed as a promising material for wound dressing due to its large porosity and high surface area. This characteristic of nanofiber provides an adequate gas permeability surrounding the wound which prevents the healing failure. The best wound dressing not only maintain a wound to have a good gas permeability but also to have an active agent giving an antibacterial and antiinflammation property. This research aims to combine a synthetic polymer and active agent, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and Bassela rubra linn leaf extract (BRLE), become nanofibrous material. The electrospinning process was conducted in two steps. The first step is to obtain the best voltage of PVP electrospinning by using the voltage of 10, 12, 15, 17 kV. The other step is combining PVP to 2%, 5%, 8% of BRLE. The first step shows the best operation condition is using 12 kV. Hence, it is used to obtain nanofiber with different BRLE percentage. Based on 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, the result indicates that increase the BRLE composition will rise the antioxidant activity because of the smaller diameter size.
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