REMOVAL OF 3-MCPD DAN GE FROM PALM OIL USING MODIFIED ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORBENT IN A CONTINUOUS ADSORBER COLUMN
<p align="justify">Palm oil is widely used as a raw material for processing cooking oil, shortening, margarine, and as a substitute for cocoa butter. Unfortunately, in a recent study, it was stated that palm oil contains toxic contaminants that are harmful to humans, namely 3- MCP...
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| Language: | Indonesia |
| Online Access: | https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/73787 |
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| Institution: | Institut Teknologi Bandung |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | <p align="justify">Palm oil is widely used as a raw material for processing cooking oil, shortening,
margarine, and as a substitute for cocoa butter. Unfortunately, in a recent study, it was
stated that palm oil contains toxic contaminants that are harmful to humans, namely 3-
MCPD dan GE. The compound is formed during deodorization stage in the palm oil
refinery process into RBDPO. One of the mitigation efforts to eliminate these
contaminants is to separate 3-MCPD dan GE compounds from RBDPO using adsorption
technology. Restiawaty et al (2020) have carried out an experiment which reduced 80%
of 3-MCPD dan GE contaminants in RBDPO by using activated carbon as an adsorbent.
The characteristics of the adsorbent greatly affect the quality of the adsorption process
from RBDPO. Therefore, it is important to find a suitable adsorbent to optimize the
process. In addition, because of a great demand in palm oil market, research regarding
removal of 3-MCPD dan GE with continuous operation system becomes a fundamental
basis that needs to be considered in preparation for scaling-up processes on a factory
scale.
This study aims to remove 3-MCPD dan GE contaminants in RBDPO by determining a
more reliable adsorbent and optimum continuous adsorption operating conditions. This
research used activated carbon and montmorillonite that were added to 2% of Ca-Alginate
to form bead composite and then the composite’s characteristics were analyzed. Surface
area, total pore volume, and pHpzc of the composite were 532 m2/g, 77,31 × 103 cm3/g,
dan 6,76 respectively. The most optimum condition for 3-MCPD adsorption from
RBDPO was at 20 mL/min and with adsorbent bed height of 1,00 cm. This condition
could obtain percent removal of 3-MCPD from RBDPO up to 88,76%.
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