Testing of Various Types of Plastic Materials in Plastic Waste Processing Device using Coconut Shell Fuel

Didy Hikmah Utama (Program Studi Keteknikan Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian USU Medan)
Saipul Bahri Daulay (Program Studi Keteknikan Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian USU Medan)
Ainun Rohanah (Program Studi Keteknikan Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian USU Medan)

Jurnal Rekayasa Pangan dan Pertanian
Vol 4, No 1 (2016): Jurnal Rekayasa Pangan dan Pertanian

The decrease of fossil resources and increase population are very contradictive to energy consume for human life and social economy activity. So, alternative energy is needed which environment friendly by the use of plastic waste as fuel. This research as aimed to compare fuel from plastic (Polyethylene), cosmetic bottle (HDPE) and mineral water bottle (PET) with kerosene. This research was done in Agriculture Engineering Laboratory, and in Physical Chemistry Laboratory of  MIPA and Heat Engine Laboratory Faculty of Engineering in August 2014 until finish using completely randomized non factorial design with plastic (Polyethylene), cosmetic bottle (HDPE) and mineral water bottle (PET). The parameters analysed were yield, value of heat and viscosity. The results, showed that fuel nearly the same with kerosene was P2 (cosmetic bottle) with heat of 10.578,6 kcal/Kg and viscosity of 0,940 cP. Keywords : Plastic waste, Polyethylene, HDPE, PET