Open AccessEssential Oil Extraction From Citronella Stems (Cymbopogon winterianus) By Vacuum Distillation
Author(s) -
Priyono Kusumo,
Ahmad Shobib,
Ridho Faqih Luthfi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1053/1/012119
Subject(s) - steam distillation , geraniol , distillation , factorial experiment , mathematics , vacuum distillation , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , essential oil , environmental science , engineering , chromatography , statistics
This research aims to determine the most influential variables among the three variables in extracting essential oils by vacuum distillation, to determine the optimum conditions of the most influential variables, and to determine the characteristics of citronella essential oils according to Indonesian National Standard for citronella oil. The method used is experimental design by factorial design with two levels with the aim of making a new design to determine the most influential variables. The results of the research that had been carried out using experimental design methods obtained that the most influential variable in distillation of citronella oil through the water vapor distillation process with the assistance of vacuum were the variables of the duration of the oven, and the optimum conditions for the distillation of citronella oil through the steam distillation process with the assistance of vacuum were obtained, namely: 3 hours oven time, with 1 cm of citronella stem size and distillation operating temperature of 150o C. The Geraniol test results through GC-MS showed that geraniol has not met the requirements of Indonesian National Standard 06-3953-1995.