UJI BEBAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA ALAT PENGERING KELAPA PARUT (DESICCATED COCONUT)
ABSTRACT: Coconut plant is a
plant of life, because all its parts can be utilized to meet human needs. One
of the utilization is grated coconut that can be used in making bread,
biscuits, sweets, taking its milk and coconut flour. This study was aimed to examine
the effect of workload on the performance of grated coconut dryer. This
research was conducted in May until June 2015 in the Laboratory of Agricultural
Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of North Sumatra, Medan, by literature
study, testing equipment and parameters observation. Parameters measured were
effective capacity, moisture content before and after drying, yield, power and
organoleptic tests. The results showed that the workload was significantly
affected the effective capacity, water content, yield, power and organoleptic
tests of aroma and not significantly affected to the organoleptic test of
colour and flavour.
Penulis: Maria Evatri
Tampubolon, Lukman Adlin Harahap, Ainun Rohannah
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd160020
