Hydrolysis of rubber seed oil

Rubber seed from the rubber tree are in abundance in most of country which non–edible oil could be obtained. However, the seeds are wasted in the rubber plantations annually event though the extractable oil has potential technical applications. If the full potentials of an oil are to be realized, there is no need to have a data base oil information on the oil extraction process and its properties. The objective of this research is to produce fatty acid from rubber seed oil through hydrolysis. Existing methods of fatty acids production are based on chemical methods. In this study Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase reactions were utilized to hydrolysis rubber seed oil. Besides, the effect of different parameters, such as pH value, temperature and moisture contain on the fatty acids had been studied using hydrolysis. The optimum conversion was found 0.68% fatty acids, 1:3 molar ratio oil to water at 300C, pH 8, 200rpm for 120 minutes reaction of time. The studied also found that the enzyme was very sensitive to heat and pH which can be denatured easily if exposed at extreme stage. Therefore, this research conducted to solve the agriculture waste problem by producing fatty acids from non-edible oil which is rubber seed oil