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POTENSI MOLASE TEBU SEBAGAI BAHAN BAKU PEMBUATAN BIOETHANOL DENGAN VARIASI STARTER DAN PH
The spread of the Covid-19 virus is happening so
fast, not only in the world but also in Indonesia. The
Covid-19 virus outbreak is a serious outbreak facing
indonesians. To prevent the transmission of the Covid-19
virus can be done in various ways, namely the
manufacture of Handsanitizer and spraying disinfectant
gas to clean the body and objects from the virus. The
manufacture requires Alcohol as its main ingredient.
Alcohol can be produced from ingredients that contain a
lot of sugar, one of which is Molasses.
In this study, bioethanol was made by varying starter
and pH. This research was conducted in renewable
energy lab (EBT) Faculty of Engineering, Mataram
University. Starter variations used are 0%, 10% and 20%.
While the pH variation used is 4,5, 5 and 5.5. From both
variations obtained 9 kinds of treatment with 3 repetitions
each so that the total sample is 27. The purpose of this
study is to determine the influence of starter and pH
variations on ethanol levels and ethanol volume resulting
from molasses fermentation process. The fermentation
process is carried out for 3 days and the molasses is
fermented as much as 30liters. After fermentation process
will then be done distillation process to get Bioethanol
from molasses fermentation.
From the results of this study, these two factors did
not significantly affect the levels and volume of ethanol. If
the pH used is less than 4.5 then it will be acidic and more
than 4.5 has alkaline properties so that the resulting
ethanol levels are not so optimal. While the starter used
excessively also does not produce optimal levels of
ethanol. The highest ethanol levels from the research that
has been conducted are at a starter variation of 10% and
a pH of 4.5 which is 80.333%. While the highest volume
obtained in this study used a starter variation of 20% and
a pH of 5.5 which is 1590,333 ml.
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