Analysis of Cellulose and Cellulose Acetate Production Stages from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB) and Its Application to Bioplastics

AbstractOil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB) is a type of solid waste from the palm oil processing industry. The components OPEFB include cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. has large cellulose content, so it possesses potential to be used as bioplastic material. purpose this research was examine stages bioplastics' production process its characterization. content raw material during isolation which includes hydrolysis, delignification, pulping, bleaching are 39.59%, 56.00%, 59.85%, 61.48%, 68.20%, respectively. Cellulose produces α-cellulose 97.87%. resulting acetate an acetyl 25.93%. bioplastics were then characterized determine effect acetate, starch, chitosan, glycerol on physical mechanical properties plastics. results characterization biodegradability, water absorption, density with values 78.73%, 38.26%, 1.2% tensile strength, elongation, modulus elasticity 0.729 MPa, 4.13%, 17.5 functional groups in bioplastics, O-H, C-H, C-O, C=O, N-H, produced mixing between glycerol.