| dc.description.abstract | In Indonesia, quite a lot of passion fruit seeds are produced, so these passion fruit
seeds can be used as raw material for making fatty acids. One source of passion
fruit seeds is West Sumatra. So far passion fruit seeds are only disposed of as waste
which can cause environmental pollution. However, passion fruit seeds have many
ingredients that can be utilized. According to statistical data, the total production of
passion fruit throughout Indonesia in 2020 is 53,319 tons. In its utilization, the part
used from the passion fruit is the fruit flesh. The part that is often used as waste is
the passion fruit seeds, while the passion fruit seeds have a high enough oil content
that can be utilized. The oil content in passion fruit seeds consists of several fatty
acids. So that passion fruit seeds can be used as raw material for vegetable oil.
Pre-Design of the Fatty Acid Factory with passion fruit seed oil as raw material is
planned to produce with a production capacity of 1,500 tons/year and operate for
330 days a year. The factory location is planned in Bungus District, West Sumatra
Province, Indonesia. The land area required for the establishment of the factory is
13,279.2 m2.
The results of the analysis of the economic aspects obtained are as follows:
• Total Investment Capital = Rp. 150,063,422,804.00
• Total Production Cost = Rp. 52,691,048,255.00
• Sales Results = Rp. 125,556,763,908.00
• Net Profit = Rp. 48,298,200,909.00
• Profit Margin = 55.13 %
• Break Even Point = 35.02 %
• Return on Investment = 32.19 %
• Pay Out Time = 3 years 1 month 9 days
• Return on Network = 45.978 %
• Internal Rate of Return = 41.806 %
Based on the results of the analysis of the economic aspect, it can be concluded that
this "Factory for Manufacturing Fatty Acids from Passion Fruit Seed Oil with a
Capacity of 1,500 tons/year" is feasible to establish. | en_US |
