Experimental conditions Centrifuge duration (min)
10 20 30 10 20 30
Without acetone With acetone (10 %)
Crude gel recovery (%)
Centrifuge speed 2000 rpm and 5°C   temperature 42.50 46.50 51.89 48.17 49.11 56.50
Centrifuge speed 2000 rpm and 10°C  temperature 44.33 47.06 48.72 47.22 50.00 54.50
Centrifuge speed 2000 rpm and 32°C  temperature 45.22 50.11 51.67 47.61 49.61 52.56
Centrifuge speed 5000 rpm and 5°C  temperature 45.72 57.33 61.28 55.67 59.44 64.61
Centrifuge speed 5000 rpm and 10°C  temperature 51.11 61.56 64.78 55.61 57.28 63.83
Centrifuge speed 5000 rpm and 32°C  temperature 54.50 62.94 62.67 55.72 60.39 62.50
Centrifuge speed 10000 rpm and 5°C  temperature 63.89 66.33 70.28 63.44 70.17 69.56
Centrifuge speed 10000 rpm and 10°C  temperature 63.94 65.22 67.89 64.00 67.44 70.22
Centrifuge speed 10000 rpm and 32°C  temperature 64.22 66.28 69.61 65.44 67.67 71.33
Table 2: Effect of centrifuge speed with different proportion of acetone, varying temperature and duration on gel recovery (%) from pulp.