Judul: Design of gathering-conveying unit of mobile sugar cane trash chopping machine
Abstrak: A machine for gathering and chopping the piles of sugarcane trash on the field after harvesting is being designed. As a part of the machine, a gathering-conveying unit was designed. Important data including condition and characteristics of trash were collected and used for designing the unit. The average bulk density of trash on the field was 7.7 kg/m3, the average pressure to compress the trash from 40 cm to 30 cm thickness was 50.65 N/m2, and the pressure to compress the trash from 27 cm to 8 cm thickness was 1166.60 N/m2. The unit was designed to be operated at 0.3 m/s forward speed, and having 60 cm working width. The unit was consisted of: a gathering reel, a pair of conveyors, cover-frame and power transmission components. Size and operational speed of moving components were determined by analyzing mass flow rate of the trash, and operating power of the components. The gathering reel was 100 cm in diameter and having 4 series of gathering fingers for drawing and feeding the trash into the conveyors. A pair of chain-conveyors equipped with L-shaped steel bars was set face to face on lower side and upper side for conveying and feeding the leaves to the chopping unit. The stationary test showed that the gathering reel and the conveyors could work properly. The average rotational speed of the conveyor shaft and the gathering reel were 34.03 rpm and 9.97 rpm, respectively. The working capacity of the unit was 400-500 kg/hour.
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Judul: Design and Performance of Trash Gathering-conveying Unit of Sugarcane Trash Chopping Machine
Abstrak: A machine for gathering and chopping the piles of sugarcane trash on the field after harvesting is being designed. As a part of the machine, a gathering-conveying unit was designed. Important data including condition and characteristics of leaves piles were collected and used for designing the unit. The average bulk density of trash on the field was 7.71 kg/m3, the average pressure to compress the piles from 40 cm to 30 cm thickness was 50.65 N/m2, and the pressure to compress the trash from 27 cm to 8 cm thickness was 1166.60 N/m2. The unit was consisted of a gathering reel, a pair of conveyors, cover-frame and power transmission components. The prototype was tested to measure its working performance and its power requirement of each component. Raking level was varied into 6 levels (raking index: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6), and conveying level was varied into 3 levels (conveying index: 1, 1.14 and 1.20) for the experiment. Sugarcane trash having 8 kg/m3 Keywords: sugarcane trash, gathering reel, conveyors, power, performance. in bulk density and 40 cm in height was used and feed to the unit at feeding velocity of 0.3 m/s, for the experiments. The experimental result showed that the gathering reel and the conveyors could work properly. The working capacity of the unit was 1964.76-2101.25 kg/hour. Average rotating power of the reel was 18 Watt, and average rotating power of the conveyor was 98 Watt. After processing 8 kg trash, there was around 1.5-3.7% of trash trapped on the reel, and around 3.13-9.20% of trash trapped on the conveyor.
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Judul: Pengaruh ENSO terhadap Variabilitas Ozon Total di Indonesia
Abstrak: Konsentrasi ozon total di atmosfer adalah jumlah ozon total yang ada di lapisan stratosfer dan troposfer yang lebih banyak merepresentasikan ozon stratosferik karena jumlahnya yang lebih banyak dibandingkan ozon troposferik. Ozon adalah salah satu gas aktif yang memiliki dampak besar terhadap keseimbangan radiasi dan iklim global. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui variabilitas parameter suhu dan ketinggian geopotensial yang berkaitan dengan ozon total dan mengidentifikasi pengaruh fenomena ENSO terhadap jumlah ozon total di Indonesia. Data yang digunakan adalah data total kolom ozon, suhu, dan ketinggian geopotensial bulanan dari ERA5 dan indeks Nino 3.4 bulanan dari NOAA tahun 1996-2016. Hasil yang diperoleh dari analisis komposit adalah parameter suhu 100 mb dan ketinggian geopotensial 100 mb di lapisan stratosfer bawah pada saat El Nino mengalami anomali negatif, begitu pula dengan ozon, sedangkan pada saat La Nina menunjukkan pola yang terbalik, khususnya di Bulan Desember, Januari, dan Februari. Hasil analisis korelasi antara ozon total dengan indeks Nino 3.4 menunjukkan hasil koefisien korelasi pada musim kering (Mei-Oktober) berkisar -0.95 ≤ r ≤ 0.35 dan pada musim basah (November-April) berkisar -0.93 ≤ r ≤ 0.64 dengan sebagian besar korelasi bernilai negatif di seluruh wilayah Indonesia. Hasil tersebut menunjukkan bahwa adanya anomali positif dari suhu permukaan laut di wilayah Pasifik Timur (El Nino) akan menyebabkan penurunan ozon total, begitu pula sebaliknya., Total column ozone is the total amount of ozone in the stratosphere and troposphere layer, which represent more stratospheric ozone considering that it is more abundant than tropospheric ozone. Ozone is one of the active gases that has a major impact on the radiative forcing and the global climate. This study aims to determine the temperature and geopotential height parameters variability related to total ozone and to identify the effect of ENSO on the total amount of ozone in Indonesia. The data used are total column ozone, temperature, and geopotential height monthly data from ERA5 and monthly Nino 3.4 index from NOAA in 1996-2016. Using composite analysis, it found that temperature and geopotential height parameters in the lower stratosphere during El Nino will experience negative anomalies in line with negative anomalies ozone, while during La Nina shows an opposite pattern, especially in December, January, and February. The results of correlation analysis between total column ozone and Nino 3.4 index showed a significantly negative correlation coefficient almost all over Indonesia, with ranges -0.95 ≤ r ≤ 0.35 in the dry season, and -0.93 ≤ r ≤ 0.64 in the wet season. It indicates that the presence of a positive anomaly of sea surface temperature in the East Pacific region (El Nino) will cause a decrease in total ozone and vice versa.
Keyword: ERA5, ketinggian geopotensial, suhu, ozon total