EVALUASI KINERJA TARIK TAKTOR TANGAN DENGAN BAHAN BAKAR MINYAK KELAPA MURNI
Abstract: Past research shown
that coconut oil can be used directly in Diesel engine by adding a heating
element in the fuel delivery system. This study aims to evaluate the
performance of a hand tractor pull using pure coconut oil fuel. The Diesel
engine of the tractor was equipped with a fuel heater installed on the mufler.
Traction performance parameters tested were wheel slippage, drawbar pull,
forward speed and drawbar power on the path of concrete and soil. Besides, the
tractor was also tested on plowing using a moldboard plow. The test results on
the concrete track showed that the maximum drawbar pull was 1.21 kN generated
at a speed of 0.92 m/s, with a maximum drawbar power of 1.21 kW at the wheel
slip of 10.87%. While the drawbar pull on the soil track was 1.37 kN at a speed
of 0.79 m/s, with a maximum value of 0.71 kW drawbar power when wheels slip
22.25%. The results of tillage test showed that field efficiency was 84.66%,
which was not much different from the test result using Diesel fuel.
Penulis: Desrial, Yohanes Aris
Purwanto, Fandra Wiratama
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd100217