In this research, the application of walnut shell ash, as an adsorbent for soybean oil bleaching, has been investigated. Therefore, neutralized soybean oil was bleached with 1 and 2% of walnut shell ash as well as commercial bleaching earth. Then, a series of chemical tests such as amounts of carotenoids, chlorophylls, peroxide value, and free fatty acid content of bleached oils and oil retenti...

This paper described some mechanical properties of aluminum alloy using agro-waste materials such as sawdust, groundnut shell, and eggshell. The sand-casting method was adopted to produce the with 5, 15, 25, 35% wt. additives. microstructure various samples produced after quenched in water, palm oil, engine oil examined while hardness were determined. result obtained shows that values increased...

A preliminary in vitro acid neutralizing capacity test of twelve traditional Ayurvedic antacids were performed in this study. Five traditional preparations of ash of conch shell, ash of oyster, ash of pearl, limestone, and ash of cowrie showed high acid neutralizing capacity similar to standard antacid combination of Al(OH) 3 and Mg(OH) 2 . Among these the ash of conch shell found the highest a...

This study considered the practicality of groundnut shell ash (GSA) on laterite stabilized with lime for civil structures. Three site locations lateritic soil named specimen I, II and III were assembled from Ifewara, Atakunmosa West Local Government Area, Ilesa East Government, all situated in Osun State, Nigeria. Preliminary tests wrapped up specimens their characteristic states when optimum l...

Bambara groundnut is an indigenous African vegetable grown mainly for human food and animal feed due to its high protein content. Different factors like varieties and origin can influence the chemical composition of Bambara groundnut cultivars. Therefore, the aims of this study are to produce defatted flour and protein concentrate from newly developed Bambara groundnut cultivars [Accessions No:...

The initiative of using biomass as a preference source energy is vindicated by its availability, abundance, easy accessibility and eco-friendly nature. This therefore calls for the conversion agricultural wastes to usable form. study aimed investigate physicochemical combustion properties briquettes obtained from pyrolyzed biochar groundnut shell. shell briquette bonded with cassava starch bind...

Weaning food was produced from the blends of sprouted and unsprouted sorghum-Irish potato, and groundnut flour. In the developed weaning foods, moisture content ranged from 8.44% to 12.70%, crude protein (7.40%-14.53%) crude ash (1.53%-1.77%), crude fiber (6.65%-6.88%), crude fat (3.31%-3.73%) and carbohydrate content (65.10%-69.15%). Sprouting and protein supplementation with groundnut improve...