Mixed Coconut Research Articles

On the structural and mechanical properties of mixed coconut and olive oil oleogels and bigels

The interaction of monoglycerides and phytosterols in olive- and coconut oil on the structuring of oleogels was analyzed. Specifically, bigels with gelatin hydrogel in different ratios (40:60 and 60:40 w/w) were formed. The physicochemical and microstructural attributes of these systems were assessed. The olive oil to coconut oil ratio (0–100 w/w) and the added oleogelators affected the crystal structure and the mechanical properties of the oleogels. Polarized light microscopy revealed that the addition of coconut oil created a denser triglycerides crystal network and the presence of phytosterols created more needle-like crystals, enhancing the textural properties of the oleogels and of the resulting bigels. The hardness of the oleogels ranged from 0.50 N to 1.24 N and for bigels was 5.96–36.75 N. Bigels hardness decreased as the oleogel ratio in the bigel increased. Microscopy and FTIR revealed that the addition of coconut oil in oleogels hampered the formation of a distinct crystalline monoglycerides network. Also, the absence of new peaks in the bigels indicated that the two structured phases interact with each other mostly physically, without the formation of new chemical bonds. Consequently, the oleogels and bigels developed, comprise a promising hard fat substitute with improved nutritional profile.

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Parametric analysis of MQL-based sustainable machining using nano alumina mixed coconut oil-based cutting fluid: a computing approach

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Parametric analysis of MQL-based sustainable machining using nano alumina mixed coconut oil-based cutting fluid: a computing approach

Effect of graphene dispersed coconut biodiesel on the Micro ED milling characteristics of Inconel 718 alloy

Micro Electrical discharge milling is a familiar micromachining process for machining of complex microstructures using a cylindrical tool. In this research work, the influence of process parameters namely capacitance, voltage, threshold on response indicators during machining of Inconel 718 with coconut biodiesel and graphene nano powder dispersed coconut biodiesel is investigated in detail. Further, surface-topography of the machined surface was critically examined using scanning electron microscopy and three-dimensional non-contact roughness tester. Graphene nano powder concentration (0.3 g l−1) increased the MRR around 68% compared to coconut biodiesel (BD). A medium order of capacitance (10 nF) offered a maximum MRR irrespective of dielectric used. With higher order capacitance, the minimum TWR is obtained due to longer pulse off duration. High surface finish is achieved with graphene nano powder dispersed coconut BD due to uniformly distributed of craters on the machined surface. Recast layer thickness is 3.08 μm, 1.62 μm and 2.34 μm with coconut biodiesel, 0.3 g l−1 and 0.6 g l−1 graphene particles mixed coconut biodiesel, respectively. Minimum recast layer is observed with graphene particles mixed coconut biodiesel under considered parametric conditions due to lesser eroded particle deposition. EDS results confirm that the sedimentation of graphene nano powder (increase in carbon %) on work surface results in increase in hardness. Crater size, voids and cracks were reduced with graphene nano powder dispersed coconut BD due to uniform distribution of heat energy over machining region. Results showed that the graphene nano powder mixed coconut biodiesel can be the substitute for mineral oil.

Application of chemometric combination NIRS technology for analysis of mixed coconut oil levels in Aceh Patchouli Oil

Patchouli oil could be a sort of fundamental oil that’s delivered from the refining of the leaves, twigs, and stems of the patchouli plant. One of the problems that occur in determining the quality of patchouli oil is mixing with other oils, such as coconut oil, causing the quality of patchouli oil to be low and the selling price to be cheap. The reason of this inquire about is to construct a show for evaluating the levels of coconut oil mixed in Aceh patchouli oil using the chemometric method. This research uses patchouli oil (crude oil) and coconut oil. The NIRS tool used for spectrum acquisition is the FT-IR IPTEK T-1516. NIRS technology is combined with chemometric methods with two multivariate analyses, namely the PCR and PLS models. The comes about appeared that the PLS calibration show was superior than the PCR calibration model. The RPD value in the non pretreatment PLS calibration model was 3.96 and increased with the presence of SNV pretreatment to 4.78 so that it was included in the category of very good prediction model accuracy. While the PCR calibration model included in the prediction category is still rough, both non-pretreatment and with SNV pretreatment, which are 1.45 and 1.50, respectively.

An investigation of a mixture of coconut husk and rice husk as activated carbon for treatment of wastewater

Abstract Malaysia’s population has rapidly developed every year, with considerable waste were produced. It caused a severe effect on the surroundings and reduced the quality of water on surface water bodies. Thus, significant improvement has been implemented to increase the quality of wastewater effluent and combat environmental issues. This research evaluates the activated carbon performance from rice husk and coconut husk to reduce the pollutants in wastewater effluent. The effluent was collected at a wastewater treatment plant in UiTM Dengkil. In this study, the characteristics of wastewater effluent were analysed. Later, the activated carbon (AC) was produced using the chemical agent of ZnCl2 divided into six batches of experiments. The experiment has been observed in two weeks, and the results have been examined for the percentage of nitrate-nitrogen, nitrite-nitrogen, ammonia-nitrogen, phosphorus, and E. Coli. For the batch experiment of AC in mixed coconut husk and rice husk, the percentage removal is 87%, 79%, 54%, 95%, and 100%, respectively. It has been found that the mixture of rice husk and coconut husk AC was significantly effective in removing all the pollutants. It can be deduced that the treatment using activated carbon has improved the water quality and fulfilled the limitation set in the Standard of Environmental Quality (Sewage), 2009.

Physicochemical Properties of Virgin Coconut Oil Extracted from Different Coconut (Cocos nucifera L) Varieties

Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is a superior edible oil extracted from fresh coconut (Cocos nucifera L) kernel using mixed coconut varieties without considering the varietal effect. Therefore, this research focuses on the quality evaluation of VCO extracted from four types of coconut varieties, namely Sri lanka Tall×Tall (TT), a tall variety of Gon Thambili (GT), a tall variety of Ran Thambili (RT) and Philippines tall variety of San Ramon (SR). Mature coconuts from each variety were collected from the Bandirippuwa Estate of the Coconut Research Institute, Sri Lanka to extract VCO by cold press oil extraction method. The extractability of VCO from different varieties was investigated. Moisture, free fatty acid (FFA), fatty acid profile (gas chromatography), peroxide value (PV), color (Lovibond scale), total phenolic substances (Galic acid equivalent), antioxidant capacity (α,α-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl, 0.1mM – DPPH method) and sun protection factor (SPF) of VCO extracted from each variety were analyzed. The experiment was conducted as a completely randomized design with three replicates. Data were analyzed using ANOVA using Tukey’s test by MINITAB 17. Oil extractability (58%-59%), FFA (0.04%-0.12%), color (0.43–0.93) and fatty acid profile of VCO did not show variation among varieties. A higher concentration of total phenolic substances was observed in GT (0.24±0.03mg GAE/100g) while antioxidant capacity (857.19±14.99mg/ml) and SPF (8.99±1.26) was rich in RT.

Subsidence and carbon dioxide emissions in a smallholder peatland mosaic in Sumatra, Indonesia

Most attention in quantifying carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from tropical peatlands has been on large-scale plantations (industrial timber, oil palm (Elaeis guinensis)), differing in drainage and land-use practices from those of smallholder farms. We measured subsidence and changes in bulk density and carbon organic content to calculate CO2 emissions over 2.5 years in a remnant logged-over forest and four dominant smallholder land-use types in Tanjung Jabung Barat District, Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia: (1) simple rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) agroforest (> 30 years), (2) mixed coconut (Cocos nucifera) and coffee gardens (Coffea liberica) (> 40 years), (3) mixed betel nut (Areca catechu) and coffee gardens (> 20 years), and (4) oil palm plantation (1 year). We quantified changes in microtopography for each site for greater accuracy of subsidence estimates and tested the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus application. All sites had a fibric type of peat with depths of 50 to > 100 cm. A recently established oil palm had the highest rate of peat subsidence and emission (4.7 cm year−1 or 121 Mg CO2 ha−1 year−1) while the remnant forest had the lowest (1.8 cm year−1 or 40 Mg CO2 ha−1 year−1). Other land-use types subsided by 2–3 cm year−1, emitting 70–85 Mg CO2 ha−1 year−1. Fertilizer application did not have a consistent effect on inferred emissions. Additional emissions in the first years after drainage, despite groundwater tables of 40 cm, were of the order of belowground biomass of peat forest. Despite maintaining higher water tables, smallholder landscapes have CO2 emissions close to, but above, current IPCC defaults.

EFFECT OF MEDIA AND GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE PROPAGATION OF NYAWAI (Ficus variegata Blume) SHOOT CUTTING)

Forest timber plantation of nyawai (Ficus variegate Blume) established by using vegetative propagated seedling from superior individu is very potential to develop for fulfilling the raw material demand of wood processing industries. The purpose of research was to get the optimum rooting medium and growth regulator concentration for rooting shoot cuttings of nyawai. Materials cuttings were provided from seedlings at 12 months age. The experiment was performed as factorial in a completely randomized design with two factors, i.e. rooting media factors (sand, mixed coconut coir dust + rice husk (2: 1, v/v), and mixed coconut coir dust+ husk rice + husk rice charcoal (6: 3: 1, v/v)) and IBA growth regulator concentrations (0, 50, 100,200,400, 600, and 800 mg/l), with three replications so that twenty experimented unit were used at each replication. Rooting percentage, root number, root length, shoot length, root biomass, shoot biomass, and leaf number were evaluated. Based on the result, sand media produced the highest rooted cuttings (88.10%), while the use of IBA showed the trend to increase the number of root with increasing the concentrations, but it influenced to reduce the shoot growth. Combination treatment of sand media and IBA 800mg/l provided the highest rooted cuttings (93.33%) with the number of root 21. Therefore, for the successful propagation of nyawai, cuttings are planted in sand media with IBA 800 mg/l.

Preparation and Characterization of Single and Mixed Activated Carbons Derived from Coconut Shell and Palm Kernel Shell through Chemical Activation Using Microwave Irradiation System

Single and mixed coconut shell (CS) and palm kernel shell (PKS) were successfully converted to activated carbon by using potassium hydroxide (KOH) as activating agent. Mixed activated carbon was produced from coconut shell: palm kernel shell at different KOH concentrations of 30%, 40% and 50%. Activation process was performed in a conventional microwave oven at fixed power and time of 600W and 20 minutes respectively. The results showed that activated carbon produced from single and mixed biomass at 40% concentration of KOH exhibited higher adsorption capacity for iodine number and percentage removal of MB with comparison to 30% and 50% of KOH concentrations. The highest BET surface area of 441.19 m2/g was obtained by CSAc-40. Further both CSAc-40 and PKSAc-40 produced an average pore size diameter of less than 2.0 nm which is in the range of micropore region. On contrary, the mixed CSPKSAc-40 produced an average pore size diameter of 6.0 nm which is in the region of mesopore. All the CSAc-40, PKSAc-40 and mixed CSPKSAc-40 showed similar adsorption trend for iodine number and percentage removal of MB. Interestingly, this finding showed that in the mixed activated carbon some chemical reactions might have occurred during the activation process producing mesoporous instead of microporous as obtained by the single biomass activated carbon.

Effect of Calcination Temperature and Time on Waste Heterogeneous Catalysts for Biodiesel Production

This paper studies the effect of calcination time and temperature of mixed waste catalyst for optimization of FAME yield. Fish bone and mixture of coconut waste and eggshells were used to catalyzed the transesterification process. The parameter was tested on different calcination condition and the result shows that the optimum condition was achieved at condition 800 °C, 2 hours was 80.3 wt% of FAME yield for mixed coconut waste and eggshells and 85 wt% were obtained at 900 °C for fish bone catalyst at 225 rpm, 12:1 methanol to oil ratio and amount of catalyst, 3wt%. It can be concluded that waste heterogeneous catalyst exhibits as a cheaper substitute to the homogenous catalyst.

Feasibility study of coconut coir dust briquette

This research work was conducted on economic feasibility of briquette made of coconut coir dust mixed with rice husk at different ratio. This study sought to assess the physical properties and calorific value of briquette and to establish the demand and willingness of potential users to substitute rice husk briquette and firewood. It was observed that briquette made from mixed coconut coir dust and rice husk at the ratio of 1:2 and 1:1 had desirable properties as compared to rice husk briquette. The percent of shatter indices, density, percent of resistance to water penetration, degree of densification and calorific value of briquette of mixing ratio 1:2 were found 99.75, 1.52gm/cc, 87.5, 11.35 and 4043 kcal/kg and of mixing ratio 1:1 were found 99.82, 1.48gm/cc, 87.5, 10.84 and 3657 kcal/kg, respectively. In case of rice husk briquette, the above values were 99.21, 1.40gm/cc, 75, 10.66 and 3537 kcal/kg, respectively. The production costs of mixing ratio 1:2 and 1: 1 were 3.27 Tk/kg and 3.10 Tk/kg, respectively which were lower than that of rice husk briquette. In partial budget, the substitution propositions among the selected briquettes indicated that coconut coir dust briquette of mixing ratio 1:1 appeared as the most impressive one.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 12(2): 369-376, December 2014

Xenia Negatively Affecting Kopyor Nut Yield in Kalianda Tall Kopyor and Pati Dwarf Kopyor Coconuts

Xenia is a phenomenon usually associated with phenotype characters controlled by a single recessive gene. The genotype of pollen donor directly determines the phenotype of fruits or seeds harvested from female recipients. Kopyor coconut is a unique coconut mutant and its formation is an example of xenia, since the genotype of the pollen donor determines the phenotype of the harvested nuts. The objectives of this research were to evaluate xenia in two types of kopyor coconuts (i.e. Kalianda Kopyor Tall and Pati Kopyor Dwarf), determine effects of homozygous KK normal and heterozygous Kk Kopyor coconut ratio, and effects of homozygous KK normal coconuts removal from mix population on yield of Kopyor nuts. For Kalianda Tall Kopyor coconut, field observations were conducted at three kopyor coconut plantations in Kalianda district, Lampung Selatan, Lampung-Indonesia while observations of Pati Dwarf Kopyor were conducted at Tayu district, Pati, Central Java-Indonesia. In both regions, coconut provenances were mapped using GPS and sub-samples were taken based on determined criteria. For each sampled tree, observations were recorded for the following variables: nut yield and yield components. The quantitative data were subjected to t-test statistical analysis to evaluate the significant differences among the observed parameters. Results of this experiment showed the presence of more homozygous KK normal coconuts among provenances of Kalianda Tall heterozygous Kk Kopyor coconut resulted in lower harvested kopyor nuts than the expected value. Moreover, removal of homozygous KK normal coconuts from a mixed coconut population increased yield of kopyor nuts. Those results indicated xenia occurred in both Kalianda Tall and Pati Dwarf Kopyor coconuts and it negatively affected the kopyor nut yield.

Ecofriendly management of mixed coconut oil cake waste for lipase production by marine Streptomyces indiaensis and utilization as detergent additive

The utilization of agro waste for the production of lipase enzyme was one of the ecofriendly methods for the management of waste. From 34 actinomycetes strains screened from sediments of Tiruchendhur coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, India, 26 strains exhibited lipase activity. The marine actinomycete strain MAC 7 was used for the production of extracellular lipase by using mixed coconut oil cake waste as substrate. The strain showed maximum lipase activity at pH 9 and temperature 55°C. The solid state fermentation was carried out for 8 days with 80% moisture content. The lipase extracted from marine actinomycete was highly alkaline and thermophilic in nature. The enzyme was further utilized as a good detergent additive. Key words: Actinomycete, coconut oil cake, lipase, Streptomyces indiaensis, solid state fermentation, wheat bran.

Relationship between the triacylglycerol composition and foaming of mixed coconut oil under deep-fat frying.

The characteristic foaming property of coconut oil or palm kernel oil with one of the nonlauric oils under deep-fat frying was investigated. The foaming property of the mixed oil disappeared after random interesterification, by which new molecular species with an intermediate carbon number increased, while the fatty acid composition of the oil remained unchanged. Similar effects of interesterification were found in a model system of monoacid triacylglycerol mixtures having medium (C8-C12) and long (C16-C18) chain fatty acids. The foaming may depend on the disparity of the triacylglycerol molecular size in the mixed oil, regardless of the fatty acid composition.

Properties and metabolic fate of two very low density lipoprotein subfractions from rhesus monkey serum

Physical, chemical and physiological approaches were used to examine the properties of two very low density lipoproteins, VLDL-I (slow-beta), and VLDL-II (pre-beta), which were isolated by agarose column chromatography from the serum of rhesus monkeys fed either Purina Chow or one of four hyperlipidemic diets containing 0.5–20% cholesterol suspended in either coconut oil, peanut oil, mixed coconut oil and butter fat or lard. In the coconut oil-fed hyperlipidemic animals, the majority of the apolar lipids of VLDL-I was represented by cholesteryl esters. The small percentage of triacylglycerol (15%) had a fatty acid composition which resembled that of the fatty acid in each of the diets. In turn, VLDL-II had a triacylglycerol-rich core and differed from VLDL-I in apolipoprotein distribution (VLDL-I: low molecular weight apolipoprotein B, 36%; apolipoprotein E, 64%; and VLDL-II: high molecular weight apolipoprotein B, 38%; apolipoprotein E, 3%; and apolipoprotein C, 65%). Both VLDLs were hydrolyzed in vitro by milk lipoprotein lipase by first-order kinetics although VLDL-I exhibited a slightly slower reaction rate. When an oral dose of [ 3H]retinol was given to one of the animals, both VLDLs became labeled but the specific activity of VLDL-I was six times higher than that of VLDL-II and the other lipoproteins. We conclude that VLDL-I represents a cholesteryl ester-rich lipoprotein probably of intestinal origin, whereas VLDL-II may be a particle of hepatic derivation modified by its interaction with the other plasma lipoproteins.