PENINGKATAN KUALITAS BIOGAS DENGAN METODE ABSORBSI DAN PEMAKAIANNYA SEBAGAI BAHAN BAKAR MESIN GENERATOR SET (GENSET)
ABSTRACT: World energy consumption
increase continuously from
year to year
. With increasingly
of energy consumption, it
will accelerate the
reduction of fossil
energy reserves, because
fossil energy sources
are unrenewable energy sources. Meanwhile, fossil energy is still become
the main source of energy in the world. This study aims to determine the
methane content in the biogas after purification process and the effect of the electric power
produced by electric
generator set. In
this research study
will be conducted
biogas purification using the
stratified absorption method
with absorbent of
Ca(OH)2 and zeolite.
After going through the process
of purification, further biogas tested as a fuel in electric generator set. From this
research can be
known that column
of absorber can
increase the methane
content in the
biogas and reduce the odor of biogas. With the greater the methane
content in the biogas, the electricity generated by electric
generator will also
be greater. With
increasing load, the
voltage that generated
by electric generators will
decrease. The engine
that driving the
electric generator is
not run when
the flow rate
of biogas is too
low or too
high. It Still
need to do
research to find
the column of
absorber design that
can increase the methane content in biogas close to 100 % and to get the
air flow and biogas regulation system in order to obtain the proper ratio to
produce optimum power.
Penulis: Untoro Budi Surono,
Syahril Machmud
Kode Jurnal: jptmesindd140168
