Alpian, Yanciluk, dan Wahyu Supriyati

PEMBUATAN PELET DARI SERBUK LIMBAH KAYU MENGGUNAKAN ALAT PENGEMPA DAN CETAK SEDERHANA

Abstract

Energy demand increase follow to population growth factors, high exploration costs, rising world oil prices and
the difficulty of finding sources of oil reserves. These factors cause the governments of several countries to
immediately produce alternative energy that is renewable and environmentally friendly. Wood pellets are an
alternative energy source. The availability of raw materials is very easy to obtain. Raw materials for wood pellets
from the exploitation waste such as logging residues, branches and twigs, wood industry waste such as scraps,
sawdust and bark, agricultural waste such as straw and husks. Waste that is developed into a product will produce a
higher economic value. Making pellets from wood waste is an alternative energy material for meeting people's energy
needs. The opportunity to develop wood pellets as fuel is wide open because of the vast potential of forests in
Indonesia and the large amount of waste from forest products, both from timber industry waste and exploitation
waste. Equipment, raw materials and the process of making pellets in a simple manner need to be socialized to the
public so that they can be applied especially for the utilization of potential waste that can be used as raw material for
making pellets.
Keywords : wood pellets, waste, simple technology, renewable energy