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Analysis Effect Blade Distance on the Performance of Microhydro Power Plants Prihastuty, Endang; Yudisworo, Waluyo Djoko; Tohasan, Achmad; Maldiesa, Maldiesa; Subiyanta, Erfan
Mestro: Jurnal Teknik Mesin dan Elektro Vol 6 No 01 (2024): Edisi Juni
Publisher : Fakultas Teknik Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Cirebon

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47685/mestro.v6i01.528

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Microhydro power plants are small-scale power plants that use hydropower as their driving force. The hydropower used can be in the form of water flows such as irrigation canals, rivers or natural waterfalls. Microhydro power plants principally utilize the height and amount of water flow discharge per second on the water flow of irrigation canals, rivers or waterfalls. This flow of water rotates the turbine shaft so as to produce mechanical energy. One of the components in microhydro power plants is a turbine. The type of turbine used in low-head water flow is a screw turbine. This study discusses the effect of blade distance on the performance of microhydro power plants. The change in blade spacing given is 15 cm, 20 cm and 22 cm spacing with a 40-degree blade slope. From changes in blade spacing greatly affect the power and efficiency of the turbine. The highest power is generated by the use of 15 cm blades of 1267 watts. The efficiency of the turbine is also affected by the power generated by the turbine itself. The highest turbine efficiency is produced by the use of a blade distance of 15 cm of 37.25%, the closer the distance between the blades the greater the power and efficiency generated in the turbine itself.
Rear Wheel Drive Sprocket Gear Transmission Design for Electric car Tohasan, Achmad; Prihastuty, Endang; Yudisworo, W. Djoko
Mestro: Jurnal Teknik Mesin dan Elektro Vol 6 No 01 (2024): Edisi Juni
Publisher : Fakultas Teknik Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Cirebon

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47685/mestro.v6i01.539

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Electric vehicle engines are the same as vehicles with combustion motors, namely they are an assembly of several mechanisms consisting of three main parts, namely the drive, the power transmission system and the driven part. The electric car used for this research is a conversion of a petrol car, where the drive uses a 3 KW BLDC electric motor. The BLDC motor shaft power is transmitted to the axle pinion shaft using a sprocket gear transmission. So an analysis of the sprocket gear design, both ratio, size (type), strength and age of the sprocket gear to be used needs to be carried out. The initial step is to calculate the design power by looking at the correction factors in the table for the type of electric motor drive, then determining the chain number on the graph by first calculating the torque moment. The linear speed of the chain that occurs is influenced by the size of the gears and the input rotation of the electric motor, the greater the speed, the smaller the torque, so the gear ratio needs to be considered in determining the maximum linear speed. After knowing the chain plan number, it can be tested by calculating whether the chain number technically meets good security or not. In this research, the sprocket chain design, namely chain roller number 40 with a maximum load of 33.74 kg, is good, namely greater than sf = 6.
Testing of the Condenser in the Distillation of Lemon Grass Essential Oil in Banjarnegara, Central Java Tohasan, Achmad; Prihastuty, Endang; Khilmi, Muhammad; Saleh, Abdurrahman
Mestro: Jurnal Teknik Mesin dan Elektro Vol 7 No 1 (2025): Edisi Juni
Publisher : Fakultas Teknik Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Cirebon

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47685/mestro.v7i1.664

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Essential oil of lemongrass has a high economic value as a raw material for the perfume, cosmetics, and aromatherapy industries. The efficiency of the steam distillation process greatly depends on the performance of the condenser in converting the vapor of essential oil into a liquid phase. To determine the effectiveness value of the condenser in the essential oil distillation system that affects the yield of the produced oil, a condenser test was conducted in the essential oil distillation system located in Banjarnegara, Central Java. From the test results, this research aims to analyze the influence of the condenser design and operational parameters on the yield and quality of lemongrass essential oil. The effectiveness measurement of the condenser located in Kilang 1, Banjarnegara, Central Java, with a boiler capacity of 1 ton and a tube length of 36 meters, resulted in an effectiveness of 67%. In the distillation process with a capacity of 1 ton and a tube length of 36 meters, essential oil was obtained amounting to 7 kg, with a yield of 7%. Meanwhile, in measuring the effectiveness of the condenser located at the 2nd refinery in Banjarnegara, Central Java, with a kettle capacity of 1 ton and a tube length of 56 meters, an effectiveness of 78% was achieved. In the distillation process with a capacity of 1 ton and a tube length of 56 meters, essential oil amounting to 10 kg was also obtained, with a yield of 1%. Keywords: Condenser, Essential oil, Effectiveness value, and Yield.