Abstract:
Oil palm is one of the plantation commodities that has an important role in South Kalimantan Province. The process of processing palm oil into oil from pulp and kernels (palm kernels) will produce empty oil palm fruit bunches that have not been widely used by companies. Oil palm empty fruit bunches have great potential to be converted into alternative energy such as briquettes. The purpose of this study was to analyze briquettes from a mixture of oil palm empty fruit bunches and oil palm leaves with tapioca adhesive and determine the best composition of a mixture of oil palm empty bunches and oil palm leaves to get the best quality briquettes. The results of the research from empty bunches of oil palm charcoal and oil palm leaves obtained an average moisture content of 1.70% - 5.08%, testing water content of briquettes 54.28 % - 55.73 %,
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density testing 0.44 g/ cm – 0.47 g/cm , ash content test 1.67 % - 2.83%, calorific value test
5078.3 cal/g – 5557.6 cal/g, fuel power test 0.0113 g/d – 0 ,0117 g/d. Tests of water content, density, ash content, calorific value meet the standards of the Indonesian state, while the water content of briquettes and fuel power are not yet known for the test standards. The test results showed that the P1 treatment with 26 g OPEFB and 12 g KS leaves was the best composition in this briquette processing, the water content test produced 2.39%, the water content of the
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briquettes was 54.28%, the density was 0.47 g/cm , ash 2.83% calorific value 5557.6 cal/g and
combustion power 0.0114 g/d, with the results obtained during the P1 test being the best briquette composition.
