Analisis Pengaruh Nilai Kalor Percampuran Cangkang dan Ampas Tebu Sebagai Bahan Bakar Boiler Terhadap Efisiensi Boiler

Abstract

The boiler machine role in the industry in the production process is very important. To find out the boiler efficiency used a direct method that is the energy gained from the working fluid (water and steam) compared to the energy contained in the boiler fuel. To improve the boiler machine performance efficiency, there were several factors; one of them was in the use of boiler fuel. Then, the fuel discussed were the fuel of shell, sugarcane bagasse, and also the mixture of the shell and the sugarcane bagasse. In the use of 100% shell fuel by water content of 3.4%, it was obtained the boiler machine efficiency of 57% by fuel use of 113.59 Kg fuel/hour, whereas in the use of 70% shell mixture fuel and 30% sugarcane bagasse obtained the boiler machine efficiency of 28% by fuel use of 207.2 Kg fuel/hour. So, it can be concluded that the use of 100% shell fuel by the water content of 3.4% was the best fuel to be used in the boiler machine.