Judul: Performance test of the solar dryers greenhouse effect (erk) hybrid type of tub for drying of maize (zea mays l)
Abstrak: Drying is one of the important stages in postharvest technology of grains, particularly corn. Drying process can be done by natural drying or artificial drying methods. Natural drying is drying by utilizing direct sunlight, while artificial drying is drying process by using dryer machines or mechanical dryer. Green House Effect (GHE) hybrid solar dryer has been developed to fullfill the needed of solar dryer machine which can be operated eventhough in the unfavorable weather or in the night, so it can be operated 24 hours in a day. The aim of this study is to evaluate performance of GHE hybrid solar dryer which has been designed specifically for one ton (zea mays grain) capacity. Result of this study shows that the machine should be operated in hybrid system to reach the drying temperature level (40-60 oC). Solar energy as main energy source only share 10%-25% of the total heat energy needed for the process. Additional energy for the heating process given by biomass (fire wood) at combustion rate 5.05-5.39 kg/hour. It needed 23-25 hours to reduce moisture content from around 31% wb to 14% wb, in the average temperature of drying chamber 55.72 oC and relative humidity at 33.8%. Average total energy efficiency of the drying system using only solar irradiation as energy source (in the morning and sunny day), hybrid system (in unfavorable condition), and only biomass (in the night) are 27.5% , 28.3% and 43.74%.
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Judul: Uji Performansi Pengering Efek Rumah Kaca (ERK)-Hybrid Tipe Rak Berputar untuk Pengeringan Sawut Ubi Jalar (Ipomoea batatas L.)
Abstrak: Rotating rack green house effect (GHE) solar dryer is one type of dryer with the source of energy from solar and biomass energy for drying of agricultural products on the racks that can be rotated verticaly. The capacity of the drying chamber is 48 kg of chopped sweet potatoes. The objective of this study is to test the performance of the hybrid green house effect dryer for drying chopped sweet potatoes and to define modeling of heat transfer in the drying chamber. There are three experiments of drying: the first is without products, the second and the third are drying products without rotating rack and implement the rotating rack 45° every 60 minutes, respectively. The results of chopped sweet potatoes drying show that drying temperature on the dryer chamber ranged between 31.6-61.5°C. To reduce moisture content from around 71.3 %wb to 9.96 %wb for Experiment 2 and to reduce moisture content of 72.76 %wb to 9.5 %wb for Experiment 3, it is needed 14.5 hours and 13.5 hour, respectively. The specific energy consumption of both experiments were 42.83 MJ/kg of moisture evaporated and 35.15 MJ/kg of moisture evaporated and the drying efficiency of 5.78 % and 7.47%, respectively. Based on the performance test, it can be concluded that rotating rack dryer shows better performance than that of without rotating rack.
Keyword: solar dryer, biomass, Chopped sweet potatoes

Judul: Pemerian Cacing Amcylostomu bradfiertsis (Comes de Faria, 1910) dan Ancylostoma ceylanicum (Loess, 1911) Pada Kucing di Wilayah Kota Bogor.
Abstrak: Kucing dikenal sebagai hewan kesayangan yang mempunyai nilai khusus bagi manusia. Manusia telah memelihara kucing sejak ribuan tahun yang lalu melalui proses domestikasi sehingga kucing menjadi hewan peliharaan. Kucing tanpa pemilik yang berkeliaran di sekitar hewan peliharaan sangat potensial sebagai sumber infeksi Wagai penyakit antara lain kecacingan. Oleh karena itu setiap pemilik kucing sebaiknya melakukan pencegahan dengan tidak membiarkan kucing peliharaannya berkeliharaan dengan bebas di lingkungan yang terdapat populasi kucing liar.
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