Since long time ago, petroleum oil has been used as a lubricant in motor vehicles. But, the uses of lubricants petroleum can pollute the environment and disrupt marine ecosystems and terrestrial. On the other hand, the use of lubricants in the world in 2008 reached 46 million kiloliters/year and increased by 2% every year. The future prospect the uses of lubricant petroleum on the vehicle’s engine is predicted to have a bad prospect. Thus began research to identify suitable materials to replace petroleum based lubricants. It can produce from vegetable oils and animals oils by chemical modification. But, bio-lubricant properties are easily damaged so we need more research to improve the shelf life of the bio-lubricant. The research must be done to improve the characteristics by adding a bio-lubricant additive.
1 October 2017 in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
ZSM-5 is a synthetic zeolite which contains silica (Si) and alumina (Al) with the ratio of silica greater than the alumina. The catalyst is known as ZSM-5 because it has a pore diameter of 5 Å (angstroms) and it has more than five Si/Al ratios. The catalyst has a high production cost and a complex production process which is highly influenced by time and temperature. Based on that fact, the focus of this research is studying the production process of ZSM-5 and investigating the effect of time and temperature on the crystallinity and the morphology of ZSM-5. In this research, Latourette et al. method was used, followed by the calcination at different temperatures (500 °C, 600 °C, 700 °C, 800 °C) in 5 and 7 hours. Subsequently, ZSM-5 was characterized using XRD (X-ray Diffraction) and SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope). The XRD analysis shows that the peak of standard ZSM-5 synthesis is at 2 theta degree 23. Prior to the calcination, ZSM-5 has an average crystallinity of 37.7337%. However, after the calcination, the crystallinity of the catalyst increased as the temperature rises. At 500 °C, 600 °C, 700 °C , and 800 °C the crystallinity increases to 39.1959%, 44.0927%, 42.9425%, and 44.8806%, respectively. Meanwhile, calcination time affects the XRD peak intensities by increasing the ZSM-5 crystal cores. The longer the calcination time, the higher the peak intensity is.
12 April 2016 in Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering)
Application of Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler into food product can be used for producing functional food and improve its nutritional value. However, some bioactive compounds containing in S. platensis are heat sensitive, therefore processing techniques need to be strictly considered. It is necessary to observe the application of S. platensis powder into different products of ice cream and soft cheese in which the application of S. platensis was in relatively low temperature to protect its bioactive compounds from damage. S. platensis contains approximately 55 % to 70% of protein and its utilization on food product can be expected to improve the nutritional value. Innovation technique to produce such kind of product should respect to its acceptance by panelist using sensory test. Therefore, the objective of this research was to find out maximum concentration of S. platensis that can be added to the product and acceptable based on sensory and physical properties point of view. Experimental design used in this research was Completely Randomized Design with three replications. Data were analyzed using ANOVA and followed by HSD–test. The results showed that addition of 1 % and 1.2 % S. platensis were considered as the best concentration for soft cheese and ice cream, respectively. Addition of S. platensis gave significant effect to protein, water, fat, β carotene and texture (soft cheese) and protein, total solid, fat and total sugar, overrun, melting point and sensory (ice cream).
Biodiesel is fatty acid methyl or ethyl esters made from vegetable oils (edible and non edible) or animal fats. The objective of this research was to produce biodiesel from rubber seed by in situ method with acid catalyst with a goal for obtaining environmentally friendly alternative fuels from non edible raw material. This research focuses on influence of reaction time, concentration of acid catalyst and ratio raw material to methanol. The first stage was carried out in order to get reaction time based on the density and viscosity of mixture produced. In this process H2SO4 0.5% (v/v) was used as catalyst and ratio of raw material to methanol (1:2). The experiments were conducted by investigating the catalyst concentration in range 0.1-1%(v/v) and ratio of raw material to methanol in range 1:1.5-1:3. The research method included, the preparation of samples, biodiesel production, biodiesel separation, and biodiesel characterization i.e density, viscosity, GC analysis, acid value and Iodine number. The results shows that the operation time for biodiesel production by in situ method with acid catalyst was 120minutes and the yield of Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) obtained was at 91,05%