Judul: Modifikasi pati jagung (Zea mays L.)
Abstrak: Varitas dan konsentrasi fosforilklorida diperlakukan secara faktorial. Varitas jagung yang dipakai adalah Arjuna, Bromo, Cargill, Harapan Baru dan jazung Pasar, sedangkan konsentrasi fosforilklorida yang dipakai adalah 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 dan 0.3 ml/150 gram pati. Terhadap pati mentah dilakukan analisa proksimat se- perti kadar pati, kadar protein, kadar lemak dan kadar abu. Protein dan lemak mempengaruhi proses gelatinisasi. Di samping itu terhadap pati mentah juga ditentukan kadar amilosa dan ukuran granula pati, karena kedua faktor ini mempengaruhi sifat fungsionalnya. Amilosa cenderung untuk bergabung sesamanya, sehing- menghambat proses gelatinisasi. Makin tinggi kadar amilo- sa pati semakin sulit mengalami proses gelatinisasi, ka- rena itu suhu gelatinisasinya tinggi, kekentalan puncak dan kekentalan "set back"nya rendah. Pengabungan molekul amilosa ini juga menyebabkan daya serap sir dan minyaknya urun. Makin tinggi kadar amilosa berarti kadar
Keyword: Food technology, Maize flour

Judul: Modifikasi pati jagung (Zea mays L.) dengan hidrolisis asam (HCl) dan enzim a-amilase
Abstrak: Modifikasi pati bertujuan untuk memperbaiki sifat- sifat pati, agar dapat diaplikasikan dalam bidang yang lebih luas dan untuk memperoleh sifat-sifat pati tertentu seperti yang diinginkan. Pengaruh modifikasi HCl terlihat dari viskositas panas yang lebih rendah daripada kontrol. Semakin lama waktu hidrolisa semakin rendah viskositas panas pati termodifikasi HCl dan pati termodifikasi vari- tas H-6 memberikan viskositas terendah. Gel yang dihasilkan dari pati termodifikasi HC1 me- miliki kekuatan dan rigiditas gel yang lebih besar daripa- da kontrol. Semakin lama waktu hidrolisa kekuatan dan rigiditas gel semakin meningkat, kecuali pada varitas Pan- du, waktu hidrolisa 3 jam menghasilkan gel dengan kekuatan dan rigiditas yang lebih rendah. Kekuatan gel tertinggi sebesar 536 gram terdapat pada pati termodifikasi HCl dari varitas Arjuna dengan waktu hidrolisis 3 jam dan dengan nilai rigiditas gel sebesar 83,75 g/mm. Pati termodifika- si HCl dari varitas Pandu pada waktu hidrolisis 3 jan menghasilkan kekuatan gel paling rendah yaitu sebesar 64 gran dan rigiditas sebesar 10 g/mm.
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Judul: Thermal Characteristics and Dynamics of Tropical Cyclone over Western North Pacific Ocean: A Case Study of Typhoon Songda (Chedeng) 2011
Abstrak: The frequent occasion of Tropical Cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) Ocean lies from 10˚N to 26˚N and 121˚E to 170˚E. Sources of TC development come from warm ocean temperature where latent heat is released during condensation processes and subsequently concentrated in the boundary layer. Relative humidity at 850-700 hPa is responsible to produce the most intense storm. Meanwhile, weak vertical wind shear between 850-200 hPa is one of the dynamical factors that lead to the development of TC. Pressure level of 850-200 hPa is chosen to minimize the thermodynamic effect in the lower troposphere. Typhoon Songda (Chedeng in the Philippines) or TSC lasted from May 18th to 30th, 2011 and strengthened into powerful Super Typhoon stage between May 24th and 27th. Long curving track and the exhibition of all sequences of TC life cycle, TSC is then considered as an ideal case of TC. The objective of the study with case of TSC is to investigate the role of thermal characteristics and dynamics on TC intensity. The research is carried out by using Advanced Research of Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF ARW model) version 3.3. Two domains are employed in the model. The first domain situate from 02˚N to 40˚N and 118˚E to 149˚E and cover spatial resolution () of 33.1 km. The second domain situate from 09˚N to 27˚N and 119˚E to 132˚E with of 11 km. Timestep of the model () is 120 seconds. The model is supported by the following physical parameterization, i.e., Yonsei University Scheme (YSU) in the boundary layer, Kain-Fritsch scheme (KF) in the cumulus, and WRF Single-Moment 3-class scheme in the microphysics. Initial meteorological condition prior to the formation of the cyclone is generated using WRF ARW standard-release model. Sensitivity of the model output is obtained from a selected single-parameter change scenarios, namely, 10 % to 20 % decrease and increase of wind shear initial data at 850-200 hPa, and by 10 % to 20 % decrease of relative humidity initial data at 850-700 hPa. The result showed that the negative correlations between wind shear and intensity are found in wind shear scenarios. Wind shears of 10 ms-1 which lead to strengthening of the wind intensity in the early period of Typhoon development are found in wind shear scenarios. The effect of wind shear changes on wind intensity is statistically significant in the 20 % wind shear scenarios. During mature stage, weak wind intensity occurred when wind shear increase as given in the WRF standard-release and the 20 % decreasing scenario. Different situation is found in the 20 % increasing scenario where wind shear tend to weak and lead to strong wind intensity at this stage. Meanwhile, the reduction of moisture supply at 850-700 hPa resulting from 20 % decreasing relative humidity play a major role in the weakening of wind intensity and reduces mechanical energy of the cycle process as much as 300 J kg-1.
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