Synthesis of palm oil fatty acid as foaming agent for firefighting application

International Conference on Biomass: Technology, Application, and Sustainable Development

生物科学;能源学;经济学

Rivai, M.^1 ; Hambali, E.^1,2 ; Suryani, A.^1,2 ; Fitria, R.^1 ; Firmansyah, S.^1 ; Pradesi, J.^2

Surfactant and Bioenergy Research Center, Bogor Agricultural University, Jl. Raya Pajajaran No. 1, Bogor, Indonesia^1

Departement of Agroindustrial Technology, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia^2

关键词: Agricultural burning;    Burning materials;    Effective materials;    Foam formation;    Foam stability;    Large scale fires;    Natural factors;    Oil fatty acids;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/65/1/012047/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/65/1/012047

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Many factors including natural factor, human carelessness, new land clearance or agricultural burning/act of vandalism and ground fire are suspected as the causes of forest fire. Foam, which cools the fire down, covers the burning material/fuel, and avoids contact between burning materials with oxygen, is an effective material used to fight large-scale fires. For this purpose, surfactant which can facilitate foam formation and inhibit the spread of smoke is required. This study was aimed at producing prototype product of foaming agent from palm oil and its formulation as a fire fighting material. Before the formulation stage, the foaming agent was resulted from saponification process of oleic, lauric, and palmitic acids by using NaOH and KOH alkaline. Foam stability was used as the main indicator of foaming agent. Results showed that potassium palmitate had the highest foam stability of 82% until the 3rd day. The best potassium palmitate concentration was 7%.