Heats of combustion of fatty esters and triglycerides

1989 ◽  
Vol 66 (11) ◽  
pp. 1601-1605 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Freedman ◽  
M. O. Bagby
Author(s):  
Madhubhushan M ◽  
Seshaiah S ◽  
Chandrudu J ◽  
Sagar R ◽  
Akila CR

The common watermelon item (Citrullus lanatus) seeds were gained from castoffs verdant nourishments for use by decorating, sun ventilation and pulverizing. Light yellow-toned oil was gotten by dissolvable withdrawal using oil atmosphere and the going with traits were gotten using oil ether: pH, refractive rundown, thickness, dissolvable miscibility, coagulating temperature, fire nature, express gravity, streak point and warmth of consuming. With a shallow level of unsaturation, stepped level of smoothness, and proximity of raised degree of the sensible proportion of free unsaturated fats. The low assessment of the solidifying temperature of the oil offered a hint that the oil can be managed in various areas paying little heed to the qualification in temperature. The following level of linoleic destructive of the oil offers a hint of natural gradation of solidarity. Fatty esters are increasing expanding significance as a biodegradable swap for mineral oils. In some request regions, for example, cutting tool oil, gearbox, pressure-driven oils, and greases for raw petroleum creation, the oleochemical items are set up. Nonetheless, certain particular wellsprings of fatty esters are hitherto to be abused for this comparative reason. This exploration subsequently tests into one of the less used wellsprings of fatty esters in watermelon. The oil from the kernels demonstrations a top-notch yield presents significant utilitarian gatherings for change and thus was utilized to set up an assortment of oleochemicals which demonstrated excellence materials in contrast with the routinely utilized oils feed frameworks for oleochemicals after portrayal. The photopolymers acquired indicated piercing vinyl protons for consistent polymerize.


Author(s):  
Nishant Pandey ◽  
Mangat Singh ◽  
Pratibha Dwivedi ◽  
Vivek Ahluwalia ◽  
Rajender Singh Sangwan ◽  
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Fuel ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 709-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Y. Giraldo ◽  
Luis A. Rios ◽  
Natalia Suárez
Keyword(s):  

1976 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 90-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Pryde ◽  
C. M. Thierfelder ◽  
J. C. Cowan
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1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Livesey

1. Heats of combustion and energy equivalents of cytoplasmic ATP have been estimated for glucose, 101 food proteins and 116 food fats based on amino acid and fatty acid composition data from food composition tables and the heats of combustion and energy equivalents of cytoplasmic ATP of each individual amino acid, fatty acid, glycerol and glucose. The isodynamic equivalents of carbohydrate, fat and protein at the biochemical level have been investigated.2. Heats of combustion of food proteins and fats derived from compositional data were within 1 % of published values obtained by calorimetry.3. Cytoplasmic ATP equivalents for glucose, fat and protein range from 9·0 to 14·7, 8·6 to 14·6 and 6·4 to 13·2 mol cytoplasmic ATP/MJ of metabolizable energy respectively, depending on the choice of mitochondrial proton stoichiometries for these estimations. The range is extended further when considering the level and type of mitochondrial ‘uncoupling’.4. Isobioenergetic relationships between the efficiencies of glucose (G) and fat (F) (F = 1·05 G-0·9) and glucose and protein (P) (P = G(1·02–0·19f)-(1.8+0·5f)) energy conversions (wheref is the fraction of protein oxidized via gluconeogenesis) were obtained and were essentially independent of the choice of mitochondrial proton stoichiometry and the level and type of uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation.5. Potential errors in previous estimates of ATP yield from protein are shown to be as much as -17·6 to < 118%; accounting for the efficiency of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation narrows this to between -7·9 and 17·4% and accounting for the fraction of protein oxidized via gluconeogenesis limits this further to between - 7·9 and 11·1%. Remaining uncertainty is attributed mostly to lack of knowledge about the energy cost of substrate absorption from the gut and transport across cell membranes.6. Coefficients of variation (cv) in the cytoplasmic ATP yield/g protein and /g protein nitrogen for the 101 food proteins were large (0·033 and 0·058 respectively). This is attributed mostly to variation in the metabolizable heats of combustion (cv 0·033 and 0·053 respectively) and to a much smaller extent in the efficiency with which cytoplasmic ATP equivalents are generated/MJ of metabolizable energy (cv 0·01).7. It is concluded that the current understanding of biochemical energy transduction is sufficient to permit only a crude estimate of the energy equivalents of cytoplasmic ATP but that these equivalents vary by less than 5% between both different food proteins and different food fats. Isobioenergetic equivalents for carbohydrates, fats and protein which could be applied to modify the Atwater conversion factors are possible but require first an accurate quantification of the energy equivalent of cytoplasmic ATP for glucose in vivo, and an indication that oxidative phosphorylation is similarly efficient in different individuals.


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