Furfural is produced by dehydration process when strong acids react with pentoses and formation of furfural occurs. It is used as a solvent for extracting mineral oils in many industrial branches and can also be found in orange juice or in brandy. Furfural is not toxic, but its oxidative by-product, pyromucic acid that is conjugated to glycine in the liver and excreted mostly in urine, has harm...

The antioxidant activity of roasted coffee residues was evaluated. Extraction with four solvents (water, methanol, ethanol, and n-hexane) showed that water extracts of roasted coffee residues (WERCR) produced higher yields and gave better protection for lipid peroxidation. WERCR showed a remarkable protective effect on oxidative damage of protein. In addition, WERCR showed scavenging of free ra...

Power transformers use Kraft paper as insulation in the electrical windings present in the core, which is immersed in oil. In service, the temperature of the windings of core will go to 75C to 85C. If the transformer is over loaded, then the temperature can exceed upto 100°C causing the cellulose chains in the paper to cleave at an accelerated rate, which results in the degradation of mechanica...

The continuity of transformer operation is very necessary for utilities to maintain a power flow in networks and achieve desired revenue. Most failures are due the degradation insulating system, which consists oil paper. degree polymerization (DP) key detector paper state. research literature has computed DP as function furan compounds, especially 2-furfuraldehyde (2-FAL). In this research, pre...

Antibacterial activity on ATCC strains of Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Salmonella enteritidis, and Salmonella choleraesuis and spasmolytic effect on contraction on rat ileum trips were determinate. Eight organic extracts (hexanic and methanolic) of albedo (mesocarp) and flavedo (pericarp) of two varieties (Valencian and National) of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck of Yucatán, México, were...

Oil testing has found widespread use in assessing the quality of the insulation system of a transformer. Techniques such as Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) have been proven to be reliable in this task, but are expensive, laborious and time consuming. It is also not available for field use. This paper proposes the combined use of gas and optical sensing technology for the testing of transformer oil...