Potential of Organic Solvents in Making Fuel Oil from Extracts of Liverworts (Marchantia polymorpha) Using the Soxhlet Method
Febriandari Annisa Murti, Rani Dwi Lestari, Daffa^ Rizal Dzulfaqaar Alauddin, Hania Damayanti, Gelar Elsya Aprillia Monica, Muhammad Rizqy Pangestu, and Nur^aini Kartikasari

Departement of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, Semarang Street No.5, Sumbersari, Malang City, East Java 65145

Abstract

Demand for fuel oil from year to year has increased. So far, fossil fuels have been used which have consumption limits. Renewable materials are needed to replace the use of fossil fuels. Many natural materials have the potential to be used as fuel oil, one of which is liverwort. Liverworts have oil bodies which are intracellular organelles bounded by a single unit membrane containing lipophilic globules suspended in a proteinaceous matrix. The use of organic solvents such as n-hexane and chloroform proved to be able to extract oil because it has nonpolar properties. In this study, the extraction of oil using the soxhlet extraction method with organic solvents was then carried out by transetherification. There were 2 treatments using n-hexane and chloroform with 3 replications each.The results showed the presence of oil contained in liverworts and have potential as fuel.

Keywords: Fuel oil, Liverworts, Organic solvents

Topic: Renewable Energy and Fuel Cell