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Rafael Damar Arjanggi
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Pada penelitian ini, dilakukan investigasi karakteristik pelarutan plastic komoditas dalam biodiesel kelapa sawit dan pengaruhnya terhadap sifat biodiesel sebagai bahan bakar. Penelitian dilakukan melalui tiga tahap; (1) uji pendahuluan untuk memilah tipe plastik yang sesuai; (2) eksperimen utama untuk mengamati sifat pelarutan terhadap beberapa parameter, yakni: rasio plastic-biodiesel (0.5 – 2% w/w), temperatur pencampuran (25 – 150 °C), dan kecepatan agitasi (0 – 600 rpm), serta (3) evaluasi sifat laju alir dingin campuran bahan bakar plastik-biodiesel. Pelarutan yang seketika dapat terjadi untuk polistirena (PS), polietilena (PE) and polipropilena (PP) pada suhu 120 °C, 150 °C and 165 °C. Campuran polistirena-biodiesel cenderung untuk membentuk kembali endapan plastik pada suhu ruangan, sehingga pemakaian stabilizing agent (aseton) juga diuji untuk mempertahankan stabilitas campuran. Sifat laju alir dingin bahan yang terbaik adalah dengan penambahan 2% w/w polietilena yang mampu menurunkan titik awan dan titik tuang biodiesel menjadi 7 °C dan 0 °C. Ini adalah perbaikan yang cukup signifikan dari titik awan dan titik tuang biodiesel murni (13 °C dan 6 °C). Secara garis besar, aplikasi semacam ini dapat menjadi solusi gabungan untuk mengatasi kelemahan pada sifat bahan bakar biodiesel sekaligus sebagai upaya penanggulangan sampah plastik yang berlimpah - seturut dengan peribahasa ‘cencang dua segeragai’.


This research project investigated the dissolution characteristics of commodity plastics in palm biodiesel to enhance the fuel properties. The study was conducted in three stages; (1) preliminary testing to screen the suitable types of plastic; and (2) main experiment to assess the dissolution behaviour against few selected parameters, namely: plastic-to-biodiesel ratio (0.5 – 2% w/w), mixing temperature (25 – 150 °C), and agitation speed (0 – 600 rpm), and (3) assessment of plastic-biodiesel cold flow properties. Rapid dissolutions were achievable for polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) at 120 °C, 150 °C and 165 °C, respectively. Unadulterated polystyrene-biodiesel tended to re-polymerize and precipitate in ambient temperature, which leads to the necessity of a stabilizing agent (acetone) to preserve blend stability. The best stable fuel blend was shown with the incorporation of 2% w/w polyethylene; capable of reducing the cloud and pour point to as low as 7 °C and 0 °C, respectively. It is a noteworthy improvement from 13 °C and 6 °C for neat palm biodiesel. In a wider picture, such application can help overcome the waste plastic pandemic and at the same time enhance palm biodiesel properties – resonating to the expression ‘to kill two birds with one stone’.

Depok: Fakultas Teknik Universitas Indonesia, 2019
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UI - Skripsi Membership  Universitas Indonesia Library
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Suresh Vellaiyan
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The use of water-in-diesel (W/D) emulsion fuel has the potential to promote better performance with lower emissions in existing diesel engines. The present study aims to analyzes the influence of operating parameters on the overall engine performance and emission characteristics using W/D emulsion fuel and to obtain the optimum level for favorable performance and emission levels. The engine operating parameters were optimized using a Taguchi–grey relation based multi-response optimization tool. Two controlling parameters, namely compression ratio (CR) and percentage of W/D, were considered as input process parameters. An L16 orthogonal array was used to collect the output responses (performance and emissions) under varying engine load conditions. The signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio and grey relational analysis were used to analyze the performance and emission parameters. From the results obtained, it is noted that both controlling parameters have a significant effect on the performance and emission levels. The optimum level of performance and emission levels are obtained at a CR of 18 and water concentration of 10%. Moreover, under these optimum conditions, i.e. at 10% of water concentration, the fuel properties are at par with the standard diesel fuel properties requirement.
Depok: Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia, 2018
UI-IJTECH 9:1 (2018)
Artikel Jurnal  Universitas Indonesia Library