| Abstrakt: |
Banana peel is a biomass waste that has the potential to be used as charcoal briquettes. Banana peels contain lignocellulose, including 58.5% lignin, 41.8% cellulose and 38.1% hemicellulose, which are the main ingredients that must be present in the raw material for charcoal briquettes. This study aims to identify the characteristics of charcoal briquettes produced based on the Indonesian National Standard (SNI). The adhesive used is sago flour with a concentration of 5%, 10%, and 15% in 100 g of charcoal briquette raw material. The results obtained were the best adhesive concentration used, namely 5%. By testing, it obtained several characteristics that meet the SNI, including a density of 0.5957 g/cm3, a compressive strength of 4.8920 kg/cm2, and a calorific value of 10,815.9437 cal/g. At the same time, the characteristics that did not meet SNI were water content of 8.465%, ash content of 27.850%, volatile matter content of 46.967% and bound carbon content of 25.183%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
