Characterization of Cellulosa Empty Palm Oil Bunches-Fiber Glass Membrane as Separator in Water Electrolizer

Authors

  • Khairizar Sapwan  Department of Physics, University of Sumatera Utara, Padang Bulan, Medan, Indonesia
  • K. Sembiring  Department of Physics, University of Sumatera Utara, Padang Bulan, Medan, Indonesia
  • Tulus Ikhsan Nasution  Department of Physics, University of Sumatera Utara, Padang Bulan, Medan, Indonesia
  • Mutia Amalia  Department of Physics, University of Sumatera Utara, Padang Bulan, Medan, Indonesia
  • Rika Rahmayanti  Department of Physics, University of Sumatera Utara, Padang Bulan, Medan, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRSET196425

Keywords:

Hybrid Composite, Cellulose Fiber, Epoxy Resin, Separator, Water Electrolyzer

Abstract

Characterizations of membranes made from cellulose empty palm oil bunches-fiber glass as H2O separators in water of electrolyzer has been done. The separators membrane was successfully made with a manual and simple technique, mixing cellulose fiber material produced from the modification of oil palm empty bunches fibers (OPEBF) with a steam explosion in 12 % NaOH immersion. Cellulose fiber mixed with fiber glass in the composition of 30:20:50 (%wt)and dried with variations in heating temperature 60oC, 70oC, 80oC, 90oC and 100oC to get a composite. The results of Characterization the ability of the membrane as a separator produce H2 gas concentrations which is more increased than without using a separator. Where is the good and stable value for the membrane as a separator in heating temperature 70oC with a percentage of membrane porosity is 34.9%, the percent value of water absorption (swealling) is 46.93% and membrane conductivity is 1.33 x 10-10 S/cm and SEM results show sample in heating temperature 70oC has more homogeneity than others.

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2019-08-30

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Khairizar Sapwan, K. Sembiring, Tulus Ikhsan Nasution, Mutia Amalia, Rika Rahmayanti, " Characterization of Cellulosa Empty Palm Oil Bunches-Fiber Glass Membrane as Separator in Water Electrolizer, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp.267-270, July-August-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET196425