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Pengembangan Alat Inovasi Teknologi Pasca Panen Berbasis Arduino Uno Untuk Deteksi Kadar Air Pada Gaplek
ABSTRACT
The main problem of cassava farmers is post-harvest processing, which is the drying process. The drying process is required to process cassava into Gaplek, done using sunlight or a cabinet dryer based on coconut shell biomass. The cabinet dryer is usually operated manually; therefore, an instrument is purposed to measure Gaplek moisture content, temperature, and humidity in the cabinet dryer during the drying process automatically, which aims to dry gaplek optimally. The method used is an experiment, with the coconut shell biomass variants of 2500 grams, 3000 grams, and 3500 grams, and the Gaplek sample is 500 grams on each drying rack. The results describe that 3000 grams of coconut shell biomass with a drying time of 150 minutes is more effective. This result is indicated by the highest average correlation value of decreasing water content, which is 0,977265, with a decrease in the final mass of the Gaplek of 49,2%. This study also explained that the changes in temperature and humidity of the drying chamber can affect the process of reducing the water content in Gaplek. The higher the average temperature produced, the faster the decrease of water content in Gaplek. The lower average humidity produced will also accelerate the decrease in water content in the Gaplek. In addition, the relationship between the heat transfer rate and the time graph shows that the heat transfer rate using 3000 grams of coconut shell is more stable with a maximum heat of 9422,70 and a maximum temperature of 75,2°C. Meanwhile, using 2500 grams and 3500 grams of coconut shells resulted in a significant increase in heat transfer in the first 30 minutes, which potentially reducing the quality of the dried Gaplek.
Keywords: Cassava, Gaplek, coconut shell, moisture content, temperature, humidity, heat
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