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Effect of MnFe2O4 Nanoparticles to Reduce CO and HC Levels on Vehicle Exhaust Gas Emissions Poppy Puspitasari; Sukarni Sukarni; Amir Hamzah
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST) Vol 2, No 1 (2018)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Malang

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The air pollution particle emitted from transportation in Indonesia Bay 2015 consist of 70.50% CO; 18.34% HC; 8.89% NOx; 0.88% SOx; 1.33%. These gases are very harmful to humans. To reduce the toxic gas effect, special treatment is needed, one of them is by applying catalyst on exhaust system. MnFe2O4 has the potential to bind the CO and HC elements contained in the exhaust gas. This study aims to investigate the effect of MnFe2O4 addition on catalityc converter towards CO gas and HC emissions of motor vehicles. Therefore, the percentage of exhaust reduction with and without applying MnFe2O4 on varied engine rotation using fuel with RON of 88, 90, 92 and 98 can be revealed. The results describe that the highest reduction precentage of CO content by applying MnFe2O4 nanoparticles as a catalyst for premium, pertalite and pertamax fuel are 34.1% (effective at low and high rotation); 31.1% (effective at all rotations); and 3.9% (effective at low rotation). On the other hand, the highest reduction percentage of HC content on premium, pertalite, pertamax and pertamax turbo fuel are 79.3% (effective in high rotation); 71.4% (effective at high rotation); 53,6% (effective in high rotation); and 2.1% (only effective at low rotation).
Effect of Magnetic Field on Diesel Engine Power Fuelled with Jatropha-Diesel Oil Sukarni Sukarni; Partono Partono; Deni Krisdianto; Retno Wulandari
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST) Vol 1, No 1 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Malang

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Jatropha oil has characteristics very close to the diesel fuel, so it has good prospects as a substitute or as a mixture of diesel fuel. Previous research showed that jatropha oil usage in diesel engines caused power to decrease. It was probably owing to the higher viscosity of the Jatropha oil compared to that of diesel oil. Installing the magnetic field in the fuel line of a diesel engine fueled with jatropha-diesel oil is expected to reduce the viscosity of jatropha-diesel oil mixture, hence improve the combustion reaction process. This research aims to know the influence of the magnetic field strength in the fuel lines to the power of diesel engines fueled with a mixture of jatropha-diesel oil. The composition of Jatropha oil-diesel was 20% jatropha oil and 80% diesel oil. Magnetic field variations were 0.122, 0.245 and 0.368 Tesla. The results showed that the higher the strength of the magnetic field was, the higher the average diesel engine’s power would be.
Thermogravimetric and Kinetic Analysis of Cassava Starch Based Bioplastic Nanang Eko Wahyuningtyas; Heru Suryanto; Eddy Rudianto; Sukarni Sukarni; Poppy Puspitasari
Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science and Technology (JMEST) Vol 1, No 2 (2017)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Malang

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Cassava starch based bioplasticfor packaging application has great potency because of the various starch-producing plants in Indonesia.Bioplasticcan contribute to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels andpetroleumthat can solve the environmentalproblem.Thepurpose of this research is to find out the thermal decomposition and the activation energy of cassava starch based bioplastic. The methods weresynthesis bioplastic with cassava starch as main component and glycerol as plasticizer. The thermogravimetry analysis was conducted to obtain the decomposition process mechanism of bioplastic and the heating valueof bioplasticwas measured  using theadiabatic bomb calorimetric.  Data analysis was conducted using  a fitting model approach with an acikalin method to determine the activation energy. The result of thethermogravimetricanalysis showed thatbioplasticisgraduallydecomposedto the moisture, volatilematter, fixed carbon, andash in four stages mechanism. Totally decomposition of bioplastic was 530°C, then all of bioplastic was become the ash. The activation energy in the early and primary thermal decomposition stages are 1.27 kJ/moland 22.62 kJ/mol, respectively and heating valueof bioplastic is 15.16 MJ/kg.