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EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF SMALL PARTICLE

RESIDUES OF SORGHUM BAGASSE FOR


MOLDING PRODUCTS

EKO WIDODO
General Introduction

Potential of sorghum in Indonesia

Sorghum plantation area


23,141 ha (Susanto, 2015)

Extended area for sorghum


plantation 31.5 M ha (Subagio, 2014)
General Introduction

biofuel food

silage

Small particle residue Particle board

Carbon
release
sorghum

Molding product
biopellets
General Introduction
Lignin

Molding product Tannin

Protein
Sorghum bagasse
powder
Polysaccharides

Adhessive

UF Citric Acid

PF

pMDI
General Introduction

Material and Method


Materials Condition
sweet sorghum bagasse
Moisture content (%) 1.61
Particle size ( m) <250
Citric Acid Anyhidrous
Particle size ( m) <250
Dryed in vacuum oven in 60oC
for 15 hours
Material and Method
Preparation of Molding Product
Sweet sorghum bagasse
powder + Citric acid
mixing

Citric acid content (wt%)


0, 15, 20, 25, 30

Molding sample
JIS K 7139

Hot pressing
200 oC, 4 Mpa, 10 min
Material and Method

Mechanical test Dimensional stability test

- Bending test - water immersion treatment


- Repeat boiling treatment

Thermal analysis test IR-Spectra

- Thermogravimetric analysis - Fourier transform Infrared


- Differential scanning Radiation (FTIR)
calorimetric

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