Pencemaran lingkungan oleh logam berat merupakan masalah besar yang tidak hanya berdampak pada makhluk hidup, tapi juga mengganggu keseimbangan ekosistem. Sebagai bahan pencemar yang tidak dapat dihancurkan atau dimusnahkan, logam berat sangat berbahaya karena akumulasi di alam dan dalam tubuh organisme. Adsorpsi merupakan metode pengolahan alternatif untuk air limbah dalam menghilangkan logam …
Produksi biochar merupakan salah satu pendekatan pengelolaan limbah biomassa yang banyak digunakan melalui proses pirolisis dan berpotensi dimanfaatkan sebagai amandemen tanah. Limbah kulit kayu Eucalyptus pellita yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dari industri pulp dan kertas di Muara Enim, Sumatera Selatan, Indonesia, digunakan sebagai bahan baku. Biochar diproduksi melalui proses…
Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) based on K2CO3-Glycerol is promising as green chemicals due to its environmentally friendly, economical, and sustainable properties. However, homogeneity and eutectic point are difficult to achieve and there is no large-scale production standard. This study aims to assess the effect of stirring engineering (stirrer type and speed) on the preparation of K2CO3-Glycerol…
The application of K2CO3-based catalysts from oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) aims to utilize and process biomass waste. TKKS contains K2CO3 which is needed as a raw material for catalyst production. K2CO3 in TKKS is obtained by solid-liquid extraction (leaching) method. The potassium content in the TKKS ash and solids resulting from the extraction was evaluated using XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence…
This study analyzes kinetics of biodiesel transesterification using waste cooking oil as feedstock with a Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) catalyst based on K₂CO₃–glycerol. The transesterification process was carried out at catalyst concentrations of 4,5%, 5,5% and 6,5% (w/w oil) and reaction temperatures of 45°C, 55°C and 65°C for 4 hours. The biodiesel properties analyzed included viscosi…
This study aims to develop a hydrogel wound dressing based on Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) and Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) with the addition of black pepper oil (Piper nigrum L.) as a natural antibacterial agent. The hydrogel was made with varying concentrations of CMC (5%, 7.5%, 10%) and black pepper oil (0–40%) using citric acid as a crosslinking agent and gum arabic as a binder. Analysis was …
Raw water is an important component as a source of drinking water. Economical, easy-to-implement, and regenerative treatment methods are essential to obtain clean water. In this study, activated carbon was synthesized from palm kernel shells using ZnCl₂ as an activator. The activated carbon was then modified with Fe₃O₄. The resulting activated carbon and activated carbon-Fe₃O₄ product…
The wastewater treatment procedure for medium rank coal involves the use of coagulation,flocculation technology with bio coagulants to effectively lower the level of pollutants. This approach utilizes Moringa oleifera seed powder as the primary bio coagulant, along with papaya seeds (Carica papaya Linn) and (Ambon banana peel waste (Musa paradisiaca var) as a secondary bio coagulant, which is m…
Pemanfaatan sabut kelapa sebagai bioetanol merupakan solusi inovatif untuk mendapatkan nilai tambah dari limbah pertanian di wilayah sumatera selatan. Sabut kelapa memiliki kandungan lignin yang tinggi, sehingga memerlukan proses delignifikasi untuk meningkatkan ketersediaan selulosa yang dapat dihidrolisis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh waktu ozonolisis terhadap kadar li…
Pencemaran logam berat seperti ion logam Cu²⁺, Fe³⁺, dan Pb²⁺ yang berasal dari aktivitas laboratorium telah menjadi isu lingkungan yang serius karena sifatnya yang toksik dan dapat terakumulasi secara biologis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi efektivitas adsorpsi bentonit alami dan bentonit yang diaktivasi secara kimia menggunakan H₂SO₄, kemudian dilanjutkan dengan per…
The production of palm oil shell waste in the palm oil industry is increasing, but the utilization of palm oil shell waste has not been utilized optimally. Palm Oil Shells must be processed and utilized to reduce pollution and increase the use value of waste. This research aims to utilize palm oil shell waste using an Al/Cr metal pillared bentonite catalyst with a gasification process to produc…
Proses desulfurisasi konvensional membutuhkan bahan dalam jumlah besar. Hal ini menghadirkan tantangan yang signifikan untuk dikendalikan, yang keduanya berkontribusi pada biaya produksi yang lebih tinggi untuk bahan bakar diesel bersulfur rendah. Pemanfaatan sinar tampak merah, bentuk energi yang bersih dan ramah lingkungan yang dapat digunakan dalam kondisi operasi rendah, merupakan pengganti…
Energy is one of the basic human needs. Economic growth and population growth in a country which continues to increase is directly proportional to the growth in energy needs required by society. Indonesia is the largest energy user in Southeast Asia, namely more than 36% of Southeast Asia's primary energy use. Utilization of the energy used will reduce the increase in production costs for an in…
Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is a type of agro-industrial organic waste in the form of water, oil and organic solids originating from the by-products of the processing of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) of oil palm to produce Crude Palm Oil (CPO). Palm oil waste pollution can reduce environmental quality which will indirectly be harmful to the environment and human health. This research was conducte…
Banana stem waste is a source of lignocellulose biomass with high cellulose content and abundant availability in Indonesia. In this study will investigate the kinetics of delignification of banana stems given alkaline pretreatment and alkaline microwave-assisted. Banana stem waste is given preliminary treatment with the help of alkaline and microwave alkaline so that lignin levels contained in …
A fermentor is a device used in the fermentation process for bioethanol production. The development of computational technology has contributed significantly to understanding and optimizing fermentor performance. One of the approaches used is Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis, which enables numerical simulations of fluid flow and mass transfer within the fermentor. CFD simulations on …
Penggunaan bahan-bahan kimia dalam kegiatan praktikum ataupun penelitian di dalam laboratorium tentunya akan menghasilkan air limbah. Air Limbah yang dihasilkan dari laboratorium tergolong limbah berbahaya dan/atau beracun. Berdasarkan zat yang terkandung di dalam air limbah laboratorium secara kolektif dan dalam kurun waktu yang lama apabila dibuang langsung ke lingkungan akan mencemari lingku…
PENGEMBANGAN KATALIS KALIUM GLISEROLAT UNTUK PROSES PRODUKSI BIODIESEL BERKELANJUTAN Karya tulis ilmiah berupa Tesis, Agustus 2023 Desi Erisna, Dibimbing oleh Dr. Ir. Hj. Susila Arita, DEA dan Dr.Fitri Hadiah,S,T.,M.T Development of potassium glycerolate catalyst for sustainable biodiesel production process xvii + 77 halaman, 3 Tabel, 17 Gambar, 4 Lampiran RINGKASAN Pengembangan katalis yang ra…
Pulp and Paper industry which has been growing rapidly does not only bring financial benefits but also has an impact on the environment due to the use of chemicals and other materials in production process. Therefore, it is necessary to possess an appropriate and economical wastewater treatment using one of the adsorbents, like bottom ash, produced by boilers in Pulp and Paper Industry to be us…
The banana stem waste holds immense promise as a readily available and abundant source of lignocellulosic biomass, making it a compelling alternative for biofuel and biochemical applications. Therefore, this study focuses on investigating the impact of both time and substrate loading on the enzymatic hydrolysis of banana stem cellulose that has undergone alkaline microwave-assisted pre-treatmen…
In this study, the transesterification of RBDPO into biodiesel was performed in batch mode at a reaction temperature of 65°C, with a stirring speed of 450 RPM, 30% (by weight) methanol, and 2% (by weight) K2CO3 catalyst. The research incorporated independent variables, including reaction time (60, 120, 180, and 240 minutes), and the addition of EFB ash to the K2CO3 catalyst (0%, 1%, and 2% by …
In line with the increasing biodiesel production in Indonesia, the need for catalysts for transesterification is increasing. Potassium based catalysts are commercially widely applied in industry in the form of KOH and K2CO3 but these catalysts have weaknesses in the separation process. Solid catalysts from palm biomass can be developed into heterogeneous catalysts that are environmentally frien…
While high production of palm oil improves the community’s economy, it has the potential to damage the environment because it produces wastewater containing quite a lot of residual oil. The wastewater caused by this production process flows into the cooling pond before it is further processed in aerobic and anaerobic ponds. The residual oil contained in the cooling pond can be collected and u…
Based on the pulp refinery data on October 2020, the total average of lignin content in the digester was about 20.5%. This high amount of lignin during the pulping process was due to the non-uniformity mixing between white liquor and lignin. Therefore, the objective of this research was to simulate delignification process in digester with two inlets white liquor using CFD Ansys 19.2. The variou…
The activities of oil and gas industry have a potential to cause pollution for environment. This pollution can arise due to production process, petroleum processing, storage and industries that use petroleum. Produced water is the largest liquid waste generated by these activities. The number will increase as long as a field where exploration continues to produce. In this study, electrochemical…