Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method

The traditional ways of breaking Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) using fermentation and heating are disadvantageous from both economic and environmental perspectives.In this study,the potentials of the water soluble,oil soluble materials that are environmentally friendly materials and centrifugation method...

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Main Author:	Khoo, Choon Gek
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	TP Chemical technology
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4673/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4673/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4673/1/CD6416-KHOO_CHOON_GEK.pdf

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spelling	ump-46732015-03-03T09:20:24Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4673/ Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method Khoo, Choon Gek TP Chemical technology The traditional ways of breaking Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) using fermentation and heating are disadvantageous from both economic and environmental perspectives.In this study,the potentials of the water soluble,oil soluble materials that are environmentally friendly materials and centrifugation methods in demulsification of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO).The effect of alcohols (methanol and ethanol) added to demulsification via water soluble material and centrifugation methods were also investigated.The study began with some characterization studies to provide understandings of fundamental issues such as formation, formulation and breaking of emulsions.The aim was to obtain optimized operating conditions as well as fundamental understanding of oil-in-water emulsion stability upon which further developing on demulsification process that could be developed.It was found that emulsion demulsification was related to some parameters such as water soluble concentration(0.5 v/v %),centrifugation speed (2,000 – 8,000 rpm) and processing time (30 – 90 minutes).Experimental results found that centrifugation method can enhance the demulsification in a very short time compared to the conventional fermentation method.The results obtained in this study have exposed the capability of centrifugation method in demulsification of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) emulsion.Further works are nevertheless required to provide deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved to facilitate the development of an optimum emulsion breaking system applicable to the industry. 2012-01 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4673/1/CD6416-KHOO_CHOON_GEK.pdf Khoo, Choon Gek (2012) Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resource Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:66710&theme=UMP2
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spellingShingle	TP Chemical technology Khoo, Choon Gek Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method
description	The traditional ways of breaking Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) using fermentation and heating are disadvantageous from both economic and environmental perspectives.In this study,the potentials of the water soluble,oil soluble materials that are environmentally friendly materials and centrifugation methods in demulsification of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO).The effect of alcohols (methanol and ethanol) added to demulsification via water soluble material and centrifugation methods were also investigated.The study began with some characterization studies to provide understandings of fundamental issues such as formation, formulation and breaking of emulsions.The aim was to obtain optimized operating conditions as well as fundamental understanding of oil-in-water emulsion stability upon which further developing on demulsification process that could be developed.It was found that emulsion demulsification was related to some parameters such as water soluble concentration(0.5 v/v %),centrifugation speed (2,000 – 8,000 rpm) and processing time (30 – 90 minutes).Experimental results found that centrifugation method can enhance the demulsification in a very short time compared to the conventional fermentation method.The results obtained in this study have exposed the capability of centrifugation method in demulsification of Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) emulsion.Further works are nevertheless required to provide deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved to facilitate the development of an optimum emulsion breaking system applicable to the industry.
format	Undergraduates Project Papers
author	Khoo, Choon Gek
author_facet	Khoo, Choon Gek
author_sort	Khoo, Choon Gek
title	Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method
title_short	Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method
title_full	Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method
title_fullStr	Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method
title_full_unstemmed	Production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method
title_sort	production of virgin coconut oil via water soluble materials and centrifugation method
publishDate	2012
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4673/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4673/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/4673/1/CD6416-KHOO_CHOON_GEK.pdf
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