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The Effect Of Temperature On Hydrolysis Of Cellulose (saw-dust)
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1.3 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The new government policies and economy
through low quality products has imposed motivated researchers to
explore the numerous domestic, industrial and economic importance of the
Nigeria’s major waste product which is “cellulose†which forms the
bedrock of this project.
Sugar is a high demand for both domestic and
industrial applications on daily basis in homes, small and medium scale
industries etc this is why Nigeria government spends huge sums of money
on importation of sugar and sugar products to meet the demand of
citizens. Among the many processes of sugar production, is acid
hydrolysis of (cellulose) has proved to be a process which encourages
the production of high quality with minimum skill and materials. This
work is therefore an effort to encourage industrialist, researchers, and
students to carry out more intensive studies on production of sugar
from cellulose for production of sugar and enhanced economic resources
for the nation.
1.4 SCOPE AND OF STUDY LIMITATIONS
This study is aimed at estimating the impact of some areas hindering the subject/project matter (disadvantages) the cellulose.
It
is obvious that cellulose materials have been used, including
newspaper, carboard, cotton, straw, sawdust, hemp and corncob. Monticell
was insulated with a form of cellulose. Modern cellulose insulation,
made with recycled newspaper using grinding and dust removing machines
and adding a fire retardant, began in the 1950s and came into general
use in the U.S during the 1970s.
The R value Rule†placed clear
limitations on the claims that manufacturing and marketing firms can
make about their product, then also the effect of regulations by the
CPSC put most of the small producers of cellulose insulation out of
business. The costs incurred by increasing fire testing made cellulose
more expensive and the bad publicity helped decrease demand.
Cellulose
also has a few disadvantages. As compared to other insulation options,
the R-value of 3.6 to 3.8 per inch is good but not the best. Many spray
foams utilizes an environmentally harmful blowing agent, such as enovate
HFC, cellulose does not.
Dust: Cellulose contains some small
particles which can be blown into the house through inadequate seals
around fixtures or minute holes.
Wet-spray drying time: We-spray
provides the moisture requires a longer drying time before the
drywall/sheet-rock is applied to a newly insulation.
1.5 OBJECTIVES
The
principal aim of undertaking this project is to determine the effect of
concentration of acid on the yield of glucose production by acid
hydrolysis of cellulose.
Hydrolysis of cellulose into glucose using different concentration of hydrochloric acid.
Calculating and quantifying the yield of glucose from hydrolysis of cellulose using HCL acid.
In the experiment, cellulose from variety of sources will be subjected to depolymerization conditions.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The effect of concentration of hydrochloric acid on hydrolysis of cellulose (saw-dust) to glucose was studied on this research project and the steps obtained to achieve this project involved treatment of saw-dust (cellulose) with different concentrations of the acid at constant temperature of 80°ð¶ (350k) for 30mins. This was followed by glucose analysis, some analysis or experiments were done on acid hydrolysis in order to study the effect of (HCL) acid on the hydrolysis of cellulose t ... Continue reading---
