Production Nanocellulose from Raw Materials for Oil Palm Empty Bunches (TKKS) with Hydrolysis and Freeze Drying Methods

Abstract

Accumulation Oil Palm Empty Bunches (TKKS) cause environmental problems if not solved. TKKS has a high cellulose composition, so it can be used as nanocellulose which has a higher value. The process of making nanocellulose from TKKS through the isolation stage of -cellulose with a delignification process using Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) 17.5% (b/v) at 80°C, bleaching using Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) 10% (v/v), hydrolysis using sulfuric acid and drying using freeze drying at a heating temperature of 53°C for 7 hours. Cellulose yield produced from the isolation process of -cellulose from TKKS was 20.8%. The results of drying process will reduce the aggregation of particles in the nanocellulose produced, so that nanocellulose is produced at 160-298 nm.