PENINGKATAN ADDED VALUE KOPRA PUTIH DENGAN METODA INDIRECT DRYING
ABSTRACT: Traditionally,
drying of copra is carried out by sundrying or fumigation on a tomang (clay
furnace). However, using these methods, the quality of copra resulted cannot be
guaranteed and the prices is low, and thus the process is unprofitable. Another
problem is that it is difficult to do the process during rainy season. We
facilitated a copra home industry with a dryer with indirect drying system to
replace the old copra processing drying equipment. The dryer consists of 12
racks equipped with a temperature controller (with temperatures reaching 150 °
C) and a timer. By controlling temperature and time it was possible to get good
quality copra and the process can be done in rainy season. From the test
results using LPG fuel at temperature of 70 ° C for 18 hours, white copra was
produced with 7% moisture content.
Penulis: M Imron Mustajib,
Burhan Burhan
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd140898
