Pemanfaatan Limbah Kulit Durian dan Sekam Padi Sebagai Bahan Baku Pembuat Briket Arang Sistem Kempa Hidrolik (Hydraulic Press)

Abstract

RIZKY YOUNANDA SITEPU: Briquetting of rice husk with a combination of durian rind as raw material for charcoal briquette hidraulic press system, supervised by AINUN ROHANAH and SAIPUL BAHRI DAULAY. Briquette is one type of alternative fuel made from various kinds of biological mass or biomass. Briquette materials used in this study were rice husk and durian’s rind. This research was aimed to improve the utilization of biomass by making charcoal biobriquette as alternative fuel and to find the best durian’s rind andrice husk briquettecomposition. The research was done by non factorial completely randomized design with parameters: water content, ash content and calorific value. The results showed that the charcoal biobriquette composition had highly significant effect on water content, ash content and calorific value. The water content of the best biobriquette was 1,513% which meet those made in Japan, America, England and Indonesia. Ash content was2,48%,which did not meet the quality standard briquettes from Indonesia, Japan, UK and USA. Calorific value wasto 5446,275 cal/g that met the quality standard of briquettes made in Indonesia and approaching the quality standard of briquettes made in Japan.