Kaji Ekperimental Karakteristik Pengeringan Ikan Bandeng Pada Alat Pengering Berbahan Bakar Gas
Abstract: Aceh is one of the
biggest milkfish (chanos-chanos Forsskal)-producing provinces in Indonesia and
the production is increasing year by year. However, beyond that prospect, there
are disadvantages of the milkfish which are able to be putrid easily and are not
able to be kept for a long time. In addition, at the time of great harvest and
the fish production is plenitude and less of the fish is in use that the price
of the fish decreases sharply. The population of Aceh generally like to consume
fresh and dried milkfish especially the people in the rural and highland. Based
on the result of the previous research, the drying method which is done by
putting the fish under direct sunlight is inefective as the sunlight is not
perpetually present as expected. Even the quality of the product is low as the
fish is contaminated by flies. In addition it requires large drying areas to
produce large quantity fish. In this research, it is conducted eksperimental
analysis and drying characteristic of the milkfish in the drying process by
using drying equipment with gas fuel. The drying equipment used is the shelf
type which is located in Thermal Engineering Laboratory, Mechanical
Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Syiah Kuala University. The equipment
consists of burning room, drying room and chimney. The weight of milkfish model is 200 grams, 250 grams, and
300 grams. Based on the test result on the milkfish weighted 200 grams after
the drying process, it can be seen that the content of protein 18,97 %,fat
3,75%, water 19,20% with the total drying process of six hour.
Penulis: Muhammad Thaib Hasan,
Ahmad Syuhada, Hamdani
Kode Jurnal: jptmesindd120109
