| dc.description.abstract | Coconut plant is a plant of life, because all its parts can be utilized to meet
human needs. This study was aimed to determine the effective capacity of
Mechanical Coconut Fiber Peeler and its modification using human
anthropometry. This research was conducted in August until Oktober 2015 in the
Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of
North Sumatra, Medan, by literature study, testing equipment and parameters
observation. Parameters measured were effective capacity and economic analisis.
The results showed that the highest capacity after modification was 170,61
fruits/hour and the lowest capacity before modification was 145,45 fruits/hour.
The highest main cost before modification in fifth year was Rp 167,264/fruit and
the lowest main cost after modification in the first year was Rp 143,119/fruit. The
highest BEP before modification in the fifth year was 6.920,879 fruits and the
lowest after modification in the first year was 4.125,908 fruits. The highest NPV
7,5% after modification was Rp 255.681.305,2 and the lowest NPV 7,5% before
modification was Rp 194.747.851,19. The highest IRR before modification was
55,07% and the lowerst IRR before modification was 48,60%. | en_US |
