STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF STABILIZERS ON THE PROPERTIES OF CARBAMIDE FOR-MALDEHYDE BINDER AND FC PLYWOOD

The problem of stabilizing the properties of the urea-formaldehyde binder during storage is relevant for both glued products and resins. Changing the performance of the resin during storage makes it difficult to apply a binder and leads to a deterioration in the physical and mechanical properties of plywood. The effect of glycerol, mono- and triethanolamine, as well as a mixture of glycerol and monoethanolamine on the nominal viscosity of the resin after 56 days of storage, has been studied. The use of glycerol and monoethanolamine (including in the complex) reduces the nominal viscosity of the resin by 13.5-24.8%. The use of triethanolamine as a stabilizer makes it possible to reduce the nominal viscosity by 35% in comparison with the index of an unstabilized oligomer. Mechanical properties of FC plywood based on the stabilized and unstabilized binder has been studied. It was found that glycerol additive (or glycerol in combination with monoethanolamine) significantly reduces strength characteristics of plywood, which makes it irrational to use these stabilizers. The addition of 0.2% triethanolamine to CFS allows a 35% reduction in the nominal viscosity of the resin, while the cohesive strength of the binder decreases by 1.5%. The result is within the framework of the dispersion of the indicator, i.e. strength reduction is negligible. The static bending strength of plywood with a stabilized triethanolamine binder is more important than that of control specimens without the addition of stabilizers. The results of the study enable to recommend the addition of triethanolamine in an amount of 0.2% by weight of urea-formaldehyde resin as a rational stabilizer

PEMBUATAN SURFAKTAN DARI ASAM OLEAT

The synthesis of glycerol mono oleic from oleic acid and glycerol is classified as an esterification reaction. This research is aimed to study the influent of reaction temperature and catalyst concentration on reaction conversion. During the experiment the temperature of reaction mixture was varied as 110 oC, 130 oC, and 150 oC, while the catalyst concentration of 1%, 3 %, and 5% was used. The batch experiment was conducted in a glass reactor equipped with termometer, agitator, and reflux condensor. The oleic acid – glycerol mol ratio of 1 : 2 was used as a mixture feed. To maintain the reaction temperature at certain level, the oil bath was used. After the temperature of reaction mixture was reached the expected value, then H2SO4 catalyst was added to the reactor. To measure the extent of the reaction, every 30 minutes the sample was drawn out from the reactor vessel. The sample analysis include acid number, density, and viscosity measurement. From this research the optimum condition which is the temperature of reaction of 150 oC and 1% catalyst concentration was obtained. At this optimum condition the convertion reach 86% and the analysis of other physical properties of the product show the acid number of 24.12, the density of 0.922 g/cc, and the viscosity of 118.4 cp.

Lipid digestion of oil-in-water emulsions stabilized with low molecular weight surfactants

Altering sn-fatty acid position of glycerol mono-oleate (GMO) from sn-1 to sn-2 decreases fatty acid bioaccessibility by 25.9% providing possible strategies to tailor lipemic responses of food emulsions.

Innovation Readiness Assessment toward Research Commercialization: Case of Surfactants for Food Processing

Determining the readiness of research toward commercialization becomes significant issues encountered by the institution working on research, innovation and technology development. Particularly in food processing area, the issue is much more involving other aspects aside from technological matter, hence, an assessment tool should be consider these aspects altogether to capture integrated perspective. This study explored the use of Innovation Readiness Level to measures the maturity of research from the perspective of technology, market, organization, partnership and risk. Case of surfactant researches in the Research Center for Chemistry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences will be deployed as examples of study. According to the assessment, it has been obtained the surfactant recommended for further development towards commercialization of R D results for food processing, i.e. Glycerol Mono Stearate (GMS), which has reached the level of IRL 3. This finding resulted some implications for improvements strategies to foster the research toward commercialization.

Optimization foam mat drying of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) extract

In this study, foaming condition of roselle was optimized using response surface methodology (RSM) and the effect of drying characteristic was investigated. Roselle extract was foamed by addition of 1-5% w/w foaming agents (ovalbumin). The foaming stabilizer, glycerol mono stearate (0-1% w/w) was used to remain mechanic and thermodynamic stability of foam. As the response foam density and drainage volume was determined. The optimum foam variable was then dried at various drying temperatures (50-70°C). The moisture content was observed by gravimetry every 10 minutes for 90 minutes. Result showed that optimum formulation was 3.31% egg albumin and 1% GMS. The constant rate of the foam mat drying (temperature 50°C) was 3 times higher than non foam mat drying. Higher drying temperature can speed up the driving force but lead to color degradation.

Optimization of Preparation of Zeolite Y Dealuminate Catalysts for Glycerol Conversion to Glycerol Mono Laurate

This Research has been done to analyze Zeolite Y CBV 712 as a catalyst. Zeolite Y CBV 712 was dealuminated by treating it with H2SO4 solution, with 3 – 8 M concentration at 40 – 60 oC. The dealumination treatment runs for 4 hours. Then, dealuminated zeolite was calcinated with a furnace for 3 hours with temperature range between 500 – 600 oC. Dealuminated zeolit Y then tested to synthesize Glycerol Mono Laurate (GML). By Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) analyze, indicated that the higher Glycerol Monolaurate yield, X2 factor is the most significance factor, indicating with high F-value (29.60768) and low P-value (0.001600). Objective function from this tests, is used to determine the optimum value between dealumination temperature (X1), acid concentration used (X2) and calcinating temperature (X3). The relation between each operating variables and the responses is shown in mathematical equation below : [see formula in PDF] The optimum condition obtained is 43.25oC for dealumination temperature, 5.45 M for acid concentration and 614oC for calcination temperature. According to the optimum condition obtained, the glycerol monolaurate yield obtained is 59.470%.