Oil palm empty fruit bunches (OPEFB) as one of lignocellulosic biomass, consists of three main components: cellulose, lignin, and hemicelluloses. Cellulose may occur in a crystalline form in addition to amorphous form. Cellulose and hemicelluloses can be converted into fermentable sugar, i.e. glucose and xylose, by chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis. This sugars is usually used as a feedstock for bioethanol production. Lignin and high-crystallinity of cellulose inhibit the performance of enzymatic hydrolysis process. Therefore pretreatment is necessary to remove lignin, decrease the crystallinity and improve the yield of enzymatic hydrolysis. One of the developed pre-treatment processes is soaking with aqueous ammonia solution or called by SAA process. In this study, the advantage of SAA pre-treatment process was investigated using ammonium solution prior to the enzymatic hydrolysis. The pre-treatments were carried out in various ammonium concentrations (5%, 7.5%, and 10%) at mild conditions (25 o C and 1 atm) for 24 hrs, and with or without a following additional diluted-acid pre-treatment (92-98 o C and 1 atm for 1 hour). The pre-treated materials were then enzymatically hydrolyzed by cellulose and β-glycosidase for 96 hrs and anaerobically digested by inoculums microbial. The changes in cellulose crystallinity were analyzed by FTIR Spectroscopy. The OPEFB pre-treated by 10% ammonium solution without a following dilute-acid pre-treatment shows low crystallinity with a crystallinity index (CI) of 0.80 compared to that of the untreated material (2.11). The method could increase the yield of hydrolyzed glucose to 79% compared with that of untreated material (13 g/g glucan added). The results also show increasing the methane production from 0.18 Nm 3 /g volatile solid to 0.35 Nm 3 /g volatile solid via anaerobic digestion.
This paper simulates a process for recovering dimethylnaphthalene isomers (DMN) from light cycle oil (LCO), a by-product in cracked gasoline manufacture.The process involves a multistage emulsion liquid membrane permeator for separating aromatics from paraffins in LCO and four distillation towers of which two towers are used to recover solvent from raffinate and permeate and the others are used to separate DMN from other aromatics in permeate. Stirred vessels are employed as contactors.Prior to the simulation, a series of continuous experiments on emulsion liquid membrane permeation were conducted to collect permeation coefficient data. The permeation coefficient data obtained was thereafter used to develop an empirical correlation needed for the simulation.During the simulation, the effects of permeator variables on the energy demands of the distillation towers and on the yield of DMN were investigated at a fixed DMN concentration in the product.The permeator variables studied included solvent-to-feed ratio, stirring rate, number of stages, permeator reflux ratio, and stage volume, as well as the kinds of solvents.DMN yield increased with stirring rate, number of stages, and stage volume, decreasing with permeator reflux ratio, and not affected significantly with solvent-to-feed ratio. The lighter the solvent, the lower were the energy demand and DMN yield. In the conditions of the study, about 80% of DMN in LCO could be recovered.Most of the energy consumed was used to recover the solvent. A quick analysis showed that the energy demands might be met by utilizing the raffinate obtained.
EXTRACTION OF FREE FATTY ACID FROM RICE BRAN OIL USING ETHANOL-WATER IN A STIRRED TANK. This research was aimed to study the extraction of free fatty acid (FFA) (0,5-1,9)10
An extrusive cooker prototype for stabilizing rice bran has been developed and tested at various flow rate, moisture, and die diameter. The effectiveness of stabilization was observed from measurement of free fatty acid in rice bran oil. The results showed that extrusive cooking achieved steady state condition in 15 to 20 minutes. The smaller the size of die or the higher the flow rate of fed rice bran, the higher the cooking temperature could be achieved. In the range of values tried, moisture was found not affect cooking temperature significantly. Stable rice bran pellets could be produced if extrusive cooking was carried with moisture of 15% to 20% resulting cooking temperature of 110to 130oC. At this condition, free fatty acid content of oil from extrusive cooked rice bran could be maintained at 8% to13% (free fatty acid content of oil from fresh rice bran is 5% to 6%), for storage of rice bran pellets in three months. Compared to extraction of raw rice bran, extraction of extrusive cooked rice bran was found to be faster. Solvent absorbed by extrusive cooked rice bran was also less than that was absorbed by raw rice bran.Keywords: Extrussive Cooking, Rice Bran, Stabilization AbstrakSebuah prototipe pemasak ekstrusif untuk stabilisasi dedak padi telah dikembangkan dan diuji pada berbagai laju alir, kelembaban dan diameter die. Efektifitas stabilisasi diamati melalui pengukuran kadar asam lemak bebas dalam minyak dedak padi. Hasil-hasil menunjukkan bahwa pemasakan ekstrusif mencapai keadaan tunak dalam waktu 15 hingga 20 menit. Semakin kecil diameter die atau semakin besar laju alir dedak yang diumpankan, semakin tinggi temperatur pemasakan yang dapat dicapai. Pada rentang nilai yang dicoba, kelembaban diketahui tidak mempengaruhi temperatur pemasakan secara berarti. Pelet dedak stabil dapat dihasilkan jika pemasakan dilakukan dengan kelembaban 15% hingga 20% yang akan menghasilkan temperatur pemasakan 110 hingga 130oc. Pad a kondisi tersebut, kadar asam lemak bebas minyak dari pelet dedak padi hasil pemasakan ekstrusif dapat dipertahankan sebesar 8% hingga 13% (kadar asam lemak bebas minyak dari dedak segar adalah 5% hingga 6%),pada penyimpanan pelet dedak padi selama tiga bulan. Tambahan pula, ekstraksi minyak dari pelet dedak padi hasil pemasakan ekstrusif telah dikaji dan dibandingkan dengan ekstraksi dedak padi tanpa mengalami pemasakan, dengan heksan sebagai pelarut. Ekstraksi minyak dari pelet dedak padi hasil pemasakan ekstrusif diketahui berlangsung lebih cepat. Pelarut yang diserap oleh pelet dedak padi hasil pemasakan ekstrusif juga lebih sedikit dibandingkan dengan dedak padi tanpa mengalami pemasakan.Kata Kunci: Dedak Padi, Pemasakan Ekstrusif, Stabilisasi
Agglomeration of granulated Buton natural asphalt during storage is of major concern in its large-scale commercial application. This work develops a simple test method to evaluate the performance of agglomeration-resistant coating for granulated Buton asphalt, consisting of water-based polymeric primary coating and mineral-based secondary coating. The method uses a static load cell to measure the agglomerated granule count fraction under simulated storage conditions. A 24-1 fractional factorial experiment with two replications is employed to evaluate the effect of coating drying temperature, drying time, asphalt to secondary coating mass ratio, and secondary coating type on the agglomerated count fraction at ambient temperature and 60 oC. The test is able to measure a statistically significant increase in agglomeration resistance when the coating is applied, with an agglomerated fraction of 17.5% at 60 oC. The test identifies asphalt to secondary coating weight ratio as a significant factor, with an ANOVA p-value much lower than other effects. A decrease in this mass ratio from 5:1 to 5:2 increases the agglomeration, which is hypothesized to be attributed to the hydrated cementitious phase between granular external surfaces. More work is needed to identify the acceptable fraction of agglomerated granules
This research was aimed to evaluate the synthesis of mercaptoethyl ester of palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) where water as a byproduct was removed by using vacuum distillation and azeotropic distillation. The reactions were done in a batch reactor using para-toluene sulfonic acid (pTSA) as a catalyst. The performances of the synthesis were evaluated by measuring the sulfhydryl content and yield of the product. Compared to dehydration by vacuum distillation, dehydration by azeotropic distillation gave lower sulfhydryl content and yield but faster reaction completion. Azeotropic distillation gave sulfhydryl content and yield in the range of 6–7% and 57–74%, respectively. Vacuum distillation gave sulfhydryl content and yield in the range of 7–9% and 75–85%, respectively.
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