Judul: Pengembangan Model Proses Produksi Tertutup Industri Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO)
Abstrak: Proses produksi pada industri Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) menggunakan input energi dalam mengolah buah kelapa. Hasil samping yang terbentuk oleh proses pengolahan buah kelapa berupa sabut dan tempurung memiliki potensi untuk dimanfaatkan sebagai sumber energi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan model produksi sistem tertutup VCO yang mandiri energi. Pengembangan dilakukan melalui analisa kesetimbangan massa, perhitungan potensi energi dari hasil samping, dan pemodelan sistem tertutup proses produksi VCO. Studi ini menggunakan data sekunder dengan input utama buah kelapa. Dengan menggunakan basis sebesar 50 ton per hari rendemen optimal yang didapat dari hasil studi adalah sebesar 7,9% dan memiliki potensi energi hasil samping sebesar 5646 kWh per hari. Potensi energi tersebut dapat memenuhi kebutuhan energi proses produksi sebesar 1703 kWh per hari. Studi ini menjelaskan bahwa industri VCO dapat mandiri energi dengan memanfaatkan hasil samping secara optimal., The production process in the Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) industry uses energy input in processing coconuts. The by-products formed by the coconut processing process in the form of husk and shell have the potential to be utilized as an energy source. This study aims to develop an energy-independent VCO closed system production model. The development is carried out through mass balance analysis, calculation of potential energy from by-products, and closed system modeling of the VCO production process. This study uses secondary data with coconut as the main input. By using a basis of 50 tons per day, the optimal yield obtained from the results of the study is 7.9% and has a by-product energy potential of 5646 kWh per day. This energy potential can meet the energy needs of the production process of 1703 kWh per day. This study explains that the VCO industry can be energy independent by optimally utilizing by-products.
Keyword: hasil samping, mandiri energi, proses produksi, sistem tertutup

Judul: Analisis Strategi Penerapan Produksi Bersih di Industri Rumah Tangga Virgin Coconut Oil (Studi Kasus : Laurike Home Industri, Cibinong, Bogor).
Abstrak: Produk turunan kelapa sedang berkembang saat ini adalah minyak kelapa murni (VCO). VCO banyak dikembangkan oleh industri rumah tangga. Industri rumah tangga memiliki permasalahan, seperti inefisiensi penggunaan bahan baku, energi, dan permasalahan dalam pengelolaan limbah.Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi sumber terbentuknya limbah dan inefisiensi pada produksi VCO, menganaslisis peluang penerapan produksi bersih, menganalisis kelayakannya serta memberikan rekomendasi produksi bersih. Metode yang dilakukan adalah identifikasi permasalahan pada proses kondisi umum industri, menganalisis tahapan proses produksi, mengidentifikasi masalah, menganalisis peluang produksi bersih, menganalisis kelayakan berdasarkan aspek teknis, aspek ekonomi, dan aspek lingkungan, serta memberikan rekomendasi produksi bersih. Berdasarkan hasil identifikasi, masalah yang ditemukan terdapat pada seluruh aspek, yaitu bahan baku, teknologi, proses produksi, tata laksana, produk, dan limbah. Alternatif yang direkomendasikan, mencakup pengurangan waktu prsoses demulsifikasi, pembangunan saluran pipa buangan ke septic tank, penggantian alat saring, corong, dan wadah, pelatihan SOP pembuatan santan dan pemilihan bahan baku, penerapan GMP, penerapan metode kimia dengan penambahan senyawa pengikat air, dan modifikasi alat pemanas menjadi oven vakum. Kinerja setelah produksi bersih mengalami peningkatan, yaitu : peningkatan produk yang dihasilkan dari 220,68 L menjadi 238,84 L VCO, pengurangan limbah cair yang dihasilkan berkurang dari 62,4 kg/hari menjadi 60 kg/hari, penghematan energi dari 1,468 MJ/L VCO menjadi 0,198 MJ/L VCO, dan peningkatan keuntungan sebesar Rp 3 150 000/bulan.
Keyword: industri rumah tangga, produksi bersih, VCO

Judul: Dog Ticks Infestation and Its Correlation to Tick-Borne Diseases.
Abstrak: Ticks infestation on dog could lead to itchiness, anemia, skin disorders, and tick-borne diseases, such as Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Besides dogs, Ehrlichiosis were known to be zoonotic. Pre-mature stage tick life cycle that occur outside its host, will enhance contacts between ticks and human. The study of ticks infestation and tick-borne diseases on the dog is necessary, because it has not a lot of information about the diversity, prevalence and degree of ticks infestation in Indonesia. Ticks survey, included ticks sampling and dogs blood test were performed at Animal Police Directorate Security Agency (Baharkam) and Atang Sendjaja Air Force (ATS). Meanwhile ticks sampling also data of cases of ticks infestation and diseases transmitted obtained from 21 veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung. All ticks samples stored in bottles containing 70% alcohol for identification. Blood tests performed for Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis diagnosis. The identification results of the 950 ticks samples that obtained from 97 dogs of Baharkam, ATS and veterinary clinics in Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung, showed only one ticks species, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. This ticks belong to three-host tick, which require three hosts to complete its life cycle. Each ticks stage need a host, either same dog (if it is in place there is only one or a few dogs), as well as different dogs. Research in Baharkam conducted on 81 dogs (53 males and 28 females). The prevalence of dogs infested by ticks was 67.90%. The percentage of male dogs that infested by ticks are larger (69.81%) than female (64.29%). Based on Chi-Square test, there was no relationship between sex and breed of dog with degree of ticks infestation. Generally dogs infested with mild infestation category (41.98%), meanwhile moderate category was 18.52%, 2.47% high and 4.94% very high. The dog’s body region that the most infested by R. sanguineus was dog's back. Probably these body regions were be preferred because they are less accessible for the dog to remove them with its paws. Collection of ticks with tick-drag on Baharkam grass field showed positive results on the field that was more often used to practice by dogs. The samples that obtained was larvae stage ticks with density 152 larvae on 215m2 area of the field. Adult stage ticks and several adult females which laying eggs on the cage wall were obtained in the dog kennels. Whole of male and female ATS dogs infested with ticks (14 dogs). In general, dogs infested with very high infestation category was 64.29%, compared by high degree category (21.43%) and moderate (14.29%). Ticks predilection were found mostly on the dog’s head – neck. On ATS grass field did not reveal any ticks, but positively inside the kennels. It happens probably because dogs are rarely released from the kennel, so that the ticks was did drop-off inside the kennel. The total cases of ticks infestation of dogs at Bogor, Jakarta and Bandung veterinary clinics in 2008 until June 2013 as many as 731 cases. In general, there was an increases of the ticks infestation prevalence at three cities in that range
Keyword: Anaplasma, Babesia, Ehrlichia canis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus