Judul: Penghilangan Polutan Gas Amoniak Dengan Biofilter Skala Pilot. Studi Kasus : PTPN VIII Pabrik Karet Cikumpay, Purwakarta, Jawa Barat.
Abstrak: Ammonia gaseous has a great potential to be a pollutant in rubber processing industries. The largest source of pollutant is at condensed latex processing. Therefore, biofilter was applied to remove emission of ammonia gaseous from the process. The objectives of this research were (1) to determine the level of physical and chemical absorption to ammonia sourness in forest soil based packing-bed material mixed with compost and carbonized rice husk, and (2) to determine the performance of biofilter to remove ammonia gaseous at pilot scale. Packing bed materials used were forest soil, bokashi compost and carbonized rice husk. The treatment of K111 was packed with forest soil, bokashi compost and carbonized rice husk with composised by 1:1:1. K112 was 1:1:2, K121 was 1:2:1, and K122 was 1:2:2. Physical and chemical characteristics of packing-bed materials within 5 parameters were obtained at ranked level of K112>K122>K111>K121. Carbonized rice husk influenced on physical - chemical characteristics of packing-bed materials, such as density, total porosity, water filled pore space and maximum capacity of loading, except air filled pore space. Those compositions were applied as packing bed materials to biofilters. Composition treatment of K111, K112, K121, K122 were applied to packing bed materials of B111, B112, B121 and B122. Biofilter were applied on pilot scale with 250 liters volume. For 55 days operation, ammonia pollutant concentrations were fluctuated from 0.18 to 68.66 ppm. Parameters inlet and outlet ammonia concentration, physical and chemical characteristics, population of ammonia oxidation bacteria and biofiltration process were monitored. Maximum removal capacities of B111, B112, B121 and B122 biofilters were 0.97, 1.46, 1.03 and 1.62 g-N/kg dry media. The result of biofiltration performance for 11 parameters showed that B112>B122>B121>B111. The best biofilter was determined by its ability in removing pollutant and the cost of required packing-bed. The price of packing bed materials from the lower prices were B111<B112<B122<B121. The cheapest price of packing bed material was B111, but it wasn’t a good performance of biofiltration. Therefore, B112 which was filled by forest soil, bokashi compost and carbonized rice husk with composition 1:1:2 was the best biofilter performance among them.
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Judul: Penerapan biofilter untuk penghilangan NH3 dan H2S dengan menggunakan bakteri Nitrosomonas sp dan Thiobacillus sp di pabrik latek pekat
Abstrak: Karet merupakan salah satu komoditi hasil pertanian yang sangat besar. Jumlah produksi karet Indonesia pada tahun 2004 mencapai 1.851 juta ton yang terdiri dari perkebunan rakyat dan perkebunan besar. Karena jumlah produksi karet yang sangat besar, maka industri karet di Indonesia mengalami perkembangan seperti industri RSS (Ribbed smoked sheet), karet remah dan lateks pekat. Berkembangnya industri ini menghasilkan masalah baru yaitu pencemaran lingkungan. Salah satunya adalah pencemaran udara yang dihasilkan dari parik lateks pekat dimana lateks pekat ini membutuhkan amoniak yang cukup banyak dalam proses produksinya dan menghasilkan gas H2S dari limbah cair dan lump. Tujuan utama penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kemampuan teknik biofilter dalam mengatasi permasalahan emisi gas yang dikeluarkan dari pabrik lateks pekat. Tujuan khususnya adalah menentukan kapasitas penyerapan emisi gas pada masing-masing biofilter dan menentukan campuran bahan pengisi tambahan terhadap kinerja biofilter berdasarkan kemampuan menghilangkan emisi gas amoniak dan hidrogen sulfida.
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Judul: Biologi Perkembangan Burung Maleo (Macrocephalon maleo, Sall, Muller 1846) yang Ditetaskan Secara Ex Situ
Abstrak: Burung maleo (Uacrocephalon maleo) adalah satwa endemik Sulawesi yang memiliki sifat serta tingkah laku unik yang membedakannya dari burung lain yaitu telurnya yang sangat besar dibandingkan dengan besar tubuhnya serta proses penetasannya dimana telur dimasukkan ke lubang dalam tanah. Pengambilan telur secara besar-besaran mengakibatkan ancaman terhadap kelestariannya. Untuk menunjang konservasinya maka penelitian ini dilaksanakan untuk mengkaji morfometri telur, daya tetas telur yang dieramkan dalam mesin tetas (inkubator), perkembangan embrio, perhunbuhan serta gambaran hematologis anak burungnya.
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