Integrating ILS in dissolving palm fruit cellulose

• Main Authors: Khairull Nasruddin, Mansor, Mohd Shakirun Amin, Abdul Halim, Nazruddin, Mat Ali, W. Z. W. A., Rahman, Syamsul Bahari, Abdullah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing Ltd 2019
• Subjects: QD Chemistry; T Technology (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35872/1/Integrating%20ILS%20in%20dissolving%20palm%20fruit%20cellulose.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35872/; https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/702/1/012013
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah

Ionic liquids (ILs) are introduced to improve the production of palm oil in industry in order to extract more thus lowering the oil losses. The main objective of this study is to investigate the potential of sulfate-based ILs in dissolving palm fruit cellulose. The interpretation study was done in lab scale by dissolving cellulose (that directly extracted from palm fruit) in ILs and percentage of cellulose dissolved is calculated based on weight percentage dissolved. The highest average percentage dissolving of cellulose was 10.67 wt% with condition concentration of sulfate-based ILs is 9000 ppm and the mixing time was two hours. In a nutshell, the higher concentration of ILs and more mixing time will achieve higher percentage of cellulose dissolved.