PELEPAH SAWIT
Ramdhani Asywal1, Zuchra Helwani1*, Warman Fatra2
1
Jurusan Teknik Kimia S1, 2Jurusan Teknik Mesin
Fakultas Teknik, Universitas Riau
Kampus Binawidya Km 12,5 Simpang Baru Panam Pekanbaru 28293
ramdhani.asywal@student.unri.ac.id
*Corresponding Author Email : zuchra.helwani@lecturer.unri.ac.id
ABSTRACT
Palm frond is biomass that has not been widely used as a renewable energy source. Torrefaction is a
pretreatment process to improve the quality of the biomass as solid fuel. The aims of this research
was to made briquette from palm frond which appropriate with SNI, and then to determined the
effects of particle size, pressure and filler composition on response toward calorific value and
pressure using Responce Surface Methodology (RSM). Palm frond uses sieve 60, 80 and 100 mesh.
Pressure 100, 110 and 120 kg/cm2, and tapioca adhesive composition 10, 20 and 30%-wt. The
highest calorific value was 3989,05 cal/g which obtained at 100 mesh of particle size, pressure 120
kg/cm2, and filler compostion 10%-wt. The highest pressure was 8,92759 kg/cm2 which obtained at
100 mesh of particle size, pressure 120 kg/cm2 and filler composition 30%-wt. Process conditions is
very influence significantly on the calorific value and compressive strength is the composition of the
adhesive and the pressing pressure.
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