Prarancangan Pabrik Pembuatan Biofuel dari Refined Bleached Deodorized Palm Stearin (RBDPS) melalui Proses Perengkahan Katalitik dengan Katalis ZSM-5 Kapasitas 100.000 Ton/Tahun

Abstract

Biofuel is an organic fuel obtained by cracking organic raw materials to break long carbon chains into shorter ones with or without the help of a catalyst. The main objective in designing this factory is to implement chemical engineering disciplines and to provide initial information in designing a factory for making biofuel from RBDPS by catalytic cracking with a capacity of 100,000 tons/year. The main process in the pre-planning factory consists of three stages, namely the raw material preparation stage, the product formation stage and the product purification stage. The biofuel manufacturing factory from RBDPS is planned to be installed in the Sei Mangkei Special Economic Zone, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra Province with a land area of 16,000 m2, the workforce required is 200 people in the form of a Limited Liability Company (PT) business entity led by a director with a line and staff organization system. To establish and operate the factory requires investment capital of IDR 1,444,509,559,044 and production costs of IDR 1,052,233,758,577. Based on the feasibility analysis, this factory has a BEP of 21.935%, ROI of 22.15%, POT of 4.30 years, RON of 36.93%, and IRR of 25.82%. From the results of the economic analysis, it can be concluded that the pre-planned factory for making biofuel from RBDPS via catalytic cracking with a ZSM catalyst is feasible.