Water is a very important resource for life on earth. Nowadays, water scarcity is a big issue around the world. Especially people who live in wetland areas, river is an important water source for their daily life. Unf...
Water is a very important resource for life on earth. Nowadays, water scarcity is a big issue around the world. Especially people who live in wetland areas, river is an important water source for their daily life. Unfortunately, the water becomes salty due to seawater intrusion into the river. The objective of this work is to apply desalination via pervaporation process of wetland saline water using pure silica membranes employ TEOS (tetraethyl orthosilicate) as a precursor. A two-step acid-base catalysed method has been applied to produce silica sols. The pure silica membranes were calcined under RTP (Rapid Thermal Process) method at 600°C for 1 hour. The various temperatures (20, 40 & 60 °C have been set in pervaporation set up in order to investigate the performance of silica membranes. It was found that at high temperature, silica membranes start to densify and give the lowest rejection compare to lower temperatures (84.9 %). In contrary, there was 100% of water flux increases when the feed temperature increases (from 0.61 to 1.19 kg m-2 h-1)
Hypercholesterolemia is a disease caused by an increase in the concentration of cholesterol in the blood. One non-pharmacological treatment using herbal plants such as Strobilanthes crispus. This plant has flavonoid a...
Hypercholesterolemia is a disease caused by an increase in the concentration of cholesterol in the blood. One non-pharmacological treatment using herbal plants such as Strobilanthes crispus. This plant has flavonoid and phytosterols content that has been proven to reduce cholesterol levels in the blood. In this study, molecular docking was conducted to screen for the bioactive compounds that correspond to the interaction of the protein. Quercetin and β-sitosterol compounds are then docked using Autoodock Tools-1.5.6 to see the results of their affinity score for the HMG-CoA reductase enzyme. The affinity results obtained from quercetin, β-sitosterol and reference compounds (simvastatin) are -7.8 kcal/mol; -7.1 kcal/mol; and -6.1 kcal/mol. This shows that quercetin has the best affinity score for the inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase enzyme when compared with β-sitosterol and reference compounds.
In this study, silica thin film pH=6 (precursor TEOS:tetraethyl ortosilicate) developed from sol gel process and deposited (2 layers) directly onto alumina substrate(tubular support with 100 nm pore size) without depo...
In this study, silica thin film pH=6 (precursor TEOS:tetraethyl ortosilicate) developed from sol gel process and deposited (2 layers) directly onto alumina substrate(tubular support with 100 nm pore size) without depositing interlayer (interlayer-free).Then, the desalination process via pervaporation was applied to test the membranesperformanceusing artificial saline water and wetland saline water. Results show the decrease of water flux (1.9 to 1.43 kg m-2 h-1) and salt rejection(97 to 95%) when using artificial salty water (0-7.5 wt%) and the long-term stability of silica membrane was stable at 1.7 kg m-2 h-1 for over 100 hours when using wetland saline water as a feed.
The goal of this research to identifity inulin compounds in Aceh gadung tuber (Dioscorea Hispida) by using hydrolysis method with variations hydrolysis time 30 minutes; 60 minutes; 90 minutes and hydrolysis temperatur...
The goal of this research to identifity inulin compounds in Aceh gadung tuber (Dioscorea Hispida) by using hydrolysis method with variations hydrolysis time 30 minutes; 60 minutes; 90 minutes and hydrolysis temperature 70°C; 80°C. Inulin is a group of carbohydrate that are prebiotic. Inulin is usually use a substitute for fat and sugar in low calorie food product. The hydrolysis method used can convert the carbohydrate from tuber starch to glucose and also convert it to simple sugar that is fructan. The analysis in this research is detected inulin function group by analysis Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and yield of crystal inulin. Isolation inulin used material and solvent (1:5) can obtained the best treatment of isolation inulin is operating condition at hydrolysis temperature 70°C by hydrolysis time 60 minutes, in this condition the yield of crystal inulin is 42%.
In this study, betalain was extracted from dragon fruit peels using a safe and environment-friendly aqueous solvent. This study investigated the effects of different pH levels, temperatures, times, and solid-to-liquid...
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A new armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is rapidly spreading and causing damage to corn crops in Indonesia, thus prompting the need to control the pest with an effective, yet environmentally friendly pest control metho...
A new armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is rapidly spreading and causing damage to corn crops in Indonesia, thus prompting the need to control the pest with an effective, yet environmentally friendly pest control method, such as bioinsecticide. Natural raw materials like durian peel waste and Dioscorea hispida tuber can be processed to produce a natural bioinsecticide. To discover the optimum processing condition for bioinsecticide production, research is conducted to find the effective solvent material and concentration in ultrasonic-assisted extraction methods. Durian peel waste is extracted using ethanol 30% and methanol 70% as solvents with the ratio variation of 1:0, 0:1, 1:1, 1:2, 2:1. Meanwhile, Dioscorea hispida tubers are extracted with various ethanol concentrations as solvents (ethanol 50%, 70%, 80%, absolute, and distilled water). The result shows that the most effective solvent for durian peel waste extraction is a 2:1 ratio of ethanol and methanol, with the optimum yield of 12.58%. The result also shows that Dioscorea hispida tuber is best extracted with distilled water, yielding 34.70%. The efficacy test concludes that the best solvent variation for pest elimination is a 0:1 ratio of ethanol and methanol durian peel waste and ethanol 80% for Dioscorea hispida tuber. The LC-MS/MS test results identified that alkaloid, flavonoid, and fatty acid compounds potentially caused larvae mortality.
Rice straw contains high lignocellulose so it can be used as a raw material for producing bio-oil through pyrolysis process. The combined with catalytic cracking, the product of bio-oil could be shifted to the certain...
Rice straw contains high lignocellulose so it can be used as a raw material for producing bio-oil through pyrolysis process. The combined with catalytic cracking, the product of bio-oil could be shifted to the certain compound toward cyclohexene selectively using catalyst. Cyclohexene is important compound as the precursor of bio-polymer adipic acid that the route lead to the manufacture of nylon 6,6. This study is to give insight the possibility to produce cyclohexene from rice straw as renewable source material with variation of catalyst composition and the temperature. The ZSM-5/γ-Al2O3 catalyst composition is varied to observe the effect on its product distribution mainly on the influence in producing the target products. By this way, the optimum catalyst composition to maximize the target products could be confirmed. The bio-oil product and the product of catalytic cracking were characterized by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS). The result showed that the using of catalyst composition with 60% ZSM-5 and 40% Al2O3, the yield of cyclohexene up to 61.12% has been achieved as the main product under pyrolysis condition of 425°C in the atmospheric condition with 80 ml/min nitrogen flowrate.
The catalytic conversion of biomass has been studied by using a conventional fixed-bed reactor. The mixed catalyst is prepared by impregnation method followed by calcination of the catalyst. The B2O3/γ-Al2O3 catalyst...
The catalytic conversion of biomass has been studied by using a conventional fixed-bed reactor. The mixed catalyst is prepared by impregnation method followed by calcination of the catalyst. The B2O3/γ-Al2O3 catalyst composition used in the biomass catalytic conversion process is varied to study the effect on its product distribution. In addition, catalyst variations were performed to test the catalytic effect in producing the target products, so that the optimum catalyst composition to maximize the target products is known. The catalyst composition of B2O3 in the mixed catalyst used was 0%, 5%, 10%, 20%, and 25% wt. The use of B2O3/γ-Al2O3 mixed catalyst can convert the small oxygenate compounds produced at the thermal decomposition step of biomass into aromatic hydrocarbon compounds. In addition, other groups of compounds were also observed with different product distributions where the differences were affected by the composition of the mixed catalyst used. Experimental results show that addition of B2O3 content up to 20% wt gives the highest catalytic effect with the main product being aromatic hydrocarbons. The decrease in catalytic effect occurs with the addition of 25% wt B2O3 content.
The main of tapioca industrial wastes are cassava fiber, cassava skin, and wastewater. To increase the revenue of tapioca industry, cassava fiber was also extracted to produce energy and the effluent of biogas plant w...
The main of tapioca industrial wastes are cassava fiber, cassava skin, and wastewater. To increase the revenue of tapioca industry, cassava fiber was also extracted to produce energy and the effluent of biogas plant was utilized as organic fertilizer. The aims of this research were to estimate energy generation from tapioca wastewater and cassava fiber and also to estimate Nitrogen and Phosphorous potential from the effluent of biogas plant. This research was conducted in a tapioca factory which was equipped with biogas plant, in Lampung Province, Indonesia. Concentration of COD (chemicals Oxygen Demand), Total Nitrogen (TN) and total Phosphorous (TP) were measured in the inlet and outlet of biogas plant. Enhancement of biogas production from cassava fiber was also estimated. Flow rate of wastewater and cassava fiber production were also measured. Wastewater generation is 2.75 m3/ton of cassava with COD 9,647.5 mg/l. Electricity production was estimated about 29.96 kWh and 30.44 kWh per ton of cassava from the wastewater and cassava fiber, respectively. The observed tapioca factory could be fulfilling energy needs for drying tapioca process if they utilized wastewater and cassava fiber. The effluent of biogas plant also still has potential to produce about 1.15 and 0.05 kg of TN and TP per ton of cassava, respectively.
A study was done on treatment of raw water sources for drinking water using chitosan/Mg-Al LDH (CS/Mg/Al–LDH) composites by adsorption process. An analysis on the adsorbent characterizations of FTIR, SEM and XRF show...
A study was done on treatment of raw water sources for drinking water using chitosan/Mg-Al LDH (CS/Mg/Al–LDH) composites by adsorption process. An analysis on the adsorbent characterizations of FTIR, SEM and XRF showed that the CS/Mg/Al–LDH had many different functional groups and a high specific surface area for adsorption processes. The CS/Mg/Al–LDH showed high adsorption uptake capacity and selectivity for iron (Fe), turbidity, and colour in the raw water sources for drinking water in Municipal Waterworks in Banjarmasin. Therefore, the CS/Mg/Al–LDH composites have the potential to be used as an adsorbent in water and wastewater treatment.
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