KARAKTERISTIK PRODUKSI BROWNS GAS DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN TENAGA MATAHARI
ABSTRACT: Renewable energy has
potentials to be developed to meet our energy needs in the future. One
promising energy source is browns gas. Browns gas is a mixture of di-atomic and
mono-atomic of hydrogen and oxygen. One effort to produce browns gas is through
the process of electrolysis of water. However, the process of electrolysis
still considered a process uneconomical and inefficient, since the energy of
electrochemical decomposition of water is relatively high. Thus, the challenge
of brown gas production is reducing electrical energy. In this study, we
propose to use solar energy for browns gas production plant, since the solar
energy is environmentally friendly energy sources available so abundant in
Indonesia. The experiment was carried out in two methods. First, the
electrolysis was done using electricity produced by the solar panel directly
without voltage control. The second method, the voltage of electricity from the
solar panel was controlled using a regulator then it used for the water electrolysis.
The results show that the direct method generates fluctuative electricity with
the rate power of 29.67 Watt. This electricity was used for electrolysis
process and produced brown gas 0,1393 g for 4 hours. On the other hand the
in-direct method generated power relatively constant at 18.3 Watt and produced
the brown gas about 0.1365 g.
Penulis: Denny
Widhiyanuriyawan, Nurkholis Hamidi, Wijono Wijono
Kode Jurnal: jptmesindd130279