Selection of Peat Firefighting Foam from Palm Oil Fatty Acid Saponification with Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) Method [post]

Purwo Subekti, Erliza Hambali, Ani Suryani, Prayoga Suryadarma, Bambang Hero Saharjo, Mira Rivai
2018 unpublished
Fire suppression on peatlands requires large amounts of water and a longer time, hence it is necessary to develop extinguishing material that needs less water and time. Thus the negative impact of the fire can be solved immediately. One alternative for fire suppression that saves water and time is the application of foaming agents as an extinguishing material. This study aims to select the raw material of foaming agent from palm oil fatty acid saponification using the SAW method. Analysis
more » ... s revealed that the best raw materials were sodium laurate and potassium palmitate, with the highest weight values of 70, 08 and 53, 87. Both of these materials have complementary properties. Sodium laurate can produce a lot of foam and reduce large surface tension. Potassium Palmitate produces the foam which can last the longest so that with the formulation of the two ingredients it is expected to produce foam that can extinguish peat fires.
doi:10.31227/osf.io/tjbr9 fatcat:opxvwkwerrcdfhh7mceo5bpn3a