The basic unit operations in vegetable oil processing are shown in Figure 4. Oil is extracted from plant material (oilseeds) using a solvent, usually hexane. Published research indicates that about 50}70% of the hexane can be recovered and recycled using nanoRltration membranes instead of the evaporators used today, thus reducing energy consumption substantially. The extracted crude oil is most...

Abstract This research focuses on the development of utilizing Grade-C kenaf fibers (poor quality) produced from plantations in Pesanggarahan village, Lamongan regency, Indonesia, to produce alternative textile materials for craft and products. High-quality have been utilized automotive, pulp paper, geotextile industries, while low-quality are considered less potential only used as gunny sacks....

Electrowriting (EW) successfully combines the principles of two widely studied biofabrication techniques; 3D printing and electrospinning, is capable producing complex architectures, with submicron resolutions. However, EW process so far limited mainly to thermoplastic polymers synthetic origin such as poly ε-caprolactone. Herein we demonstrate silk fibroin (SF) on an in-house build setup ident...

This study systematically established the most effective refining process for Moringa oleifera (MO) kernel oil. Acid degumming (20.33 ± 1.37 ppm) removed significantly greater phosphorus than water (31.18 0.90 ppm). Neutralization was more deodorization in decreasing acid (0.06 mg KOH/g) and p-Anisidine (p-AV, 0.36 0.03) values of Besides improving its color properties, acid-activated bleaching...