This purpose of this research was to analyze the output signal of Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing (NDT-UT) for defect detection in materials based on the Simulink Matlab Mathematica computation method and reconstruct it based on the existing images and quantities to produced in 3D. The results of this processing are expected to clearly see the shape and location of the defects in 3D. Th…
Natural sand of west coast of Sumatera Island consists of magnetic phase such as magnetite (Fe3O4), hematite (α-Fe2O3), maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) phases or other phase namely ilminate (FeTiO3). When the particles size of these particles especially magnetic particles reduces ti nano size, then these particles posses a unique property called superparamagnetic. Due to this property, this particle …
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC) is third generation of solar cells that can be an alternative solar cells because it has advantages, such as low manufacturing costs and simple processes. Various modifications were made to the constitution components of DSSC to obtain increased efficiency. Aluminium doped on ZnO as working electrodes and Ag doped on Pt as counter electrode is expected to …
Conventional sorting of agricultural products manually uses human labor and is subjective, automatic sorting in order to have uniform quality standards is required. This method has several advantages, including that it is non-destructive, faster, more accurate for repetitive work, and quantitative. Imaging methods can be used to detect, evaluate or inspect the external and internal state of…
Ground water is a very useful resource for living things on earth. Living things, especially humans, do various ways to meet their water needs. Efforts to utilize and develop groundwater in Rimba Panjang village really need to be done. This is because the village of Rimba Panjang has poor shallow water quality with peat lithology, which is black, acidic and cannot be consumed directly. So i…
Measurement of temperature and humidity with a control system is one of the solutions in improving the quality of various application fields such as instrumentation and especially the food storage process. Rendang is a form of processed meat that is very popular in Indonesia, especially in West Sumatra and Riau. Processing of rendang produces a high-water content of 60% to 70%, so the rend…
The objectives of this research are synthesize magnetic nanoparticles, analyze the effect of Mn dopant variations on hematite and discuss the magnetic properties of hematite nanoparticles from natural sand in the village of Logas, Kuansing Regency, Riau Province. This study used a 2-stage ball milling method for 120 hours. The ball miling sample was then doped with Mn with a concentration …
Provision of clean water on Kijang Island, Indragiri Hilir Regency is absolutely necessary. Provision of clean water can take advantage of the potential of underground water. Due to the absence of data on aquifers on Kijang Island, it is necessary to conduct a study for the interpretation of aquifers on Kijang Island. This study aims to analyze the resistivity value in the Kijang Island are…
Sensors that are widely used in industry are position and displacement sensors because position sensors have high resistance to extreme ambient temperatures and have high excitation and precession. The position sensor designed and used in this study is the Linear Variable Differential Transformers (LVDT) sensor. The advantages of the LVDT sensor are in its operation, friction free, absolut…
Iron oxide particles contained in iron sand has the potential to be applied as catalyst in methylene blue degradation process. Magnetic iron oxide particles such as hematite (α-Fe2O3), maghemite (γ-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) are constituents of the iron sand. Iron oxide particles on magnetic nanoparticles has superparamagnetic properties. Iron oxide particles can be used as a catalyst i…
Photovoltaic (PV) modules are devices that can convert sunlight into electrical energy. PV module performance can be improved by providing an antireflection coating in the form of a coating. In addition, PV module performance is also influenced by the intensity, temperature and value of parasitic internal resistance which consists of internal resistance (Rs and Rsh). This parameter is dete…
of certain frequency components contained in optical signals leading to optical pulse width. One of the solutions to tackle pulse width is a Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating (CFBG). This research used chirped variations such as no chirp, linear, quadratic, square root, and cubic root types with a grating length of by using Optigrating software. It is then converted into Optisystem software whic…
The Program of International Student Assessment (PISA) of 2018 shows that the ability of students in Indonesia is below the average rate of many countries in the world. PISA’s score measurement has been done by measuring the performance of students in secondary school in three fields, namely Mathematics, Science, and Literacy. To improve the abilities of students in the fields of science…
Tissue temperature greatly affects the condition of the body at the time of the interaction between THz radiation and biological tissue, so it is necessary to control the heat in the tissue so that the body's condition remains stable. Biophysical computational modeling techniques can help predict the effect that will occur due to the interaction of THz radiation on biological tissue and can…
Long-Range Module (LoRa) is an LPWAN module based on radio waves with regulated frequency which has low power with a distance of up to 15 Km. Physical Layer Setting (PHY) factors affect the transmission speed (ADR) and signal range of the LoRa module which can be programmably adjusted. These PHY factors consist of Bandwidth (BW), Coding Rate (CR), Spreading Factor (SF) and transmission pow…
The development of medical diagnostic devices such as biosensors is tredemeous improving to obtain an excelent biosensor that is more efficient, sensitive and accurate. Metamaterial-based biosensors are currently being developed massively because of their unique characteristics which not found in conventional electronic biosensors. One of their properties is negative refractive index which…
Hyperspectral imaging is a non destructive method that has been used to evaluate internal characteristics of fruits and vegetables. Plant genetics, soil characteristics, and plant management are some of key factors to define the quality of oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) produced. This research was aimed to discriminate the Tenera oil palm FFBs produced by oil palm trees grown from mine…
Pawan, a district located in the Sumtera back arc basin, possesses a potential indicated by appearance of hot springs. Pawan geothermal prospect is rarely studied. Hence, there was conducted a research to determine the type of fluids and the temperature of geothermal reservoir, and analyze the distribution pattern of geothermal energy of hot water sources. The research in Pawan geothermal …
The development of zinc oxide nanomaterial (ZnO) is very interesting to study because of its important role in various applications. ZnO nanomaterials can be fabricated by many methods. Enhancement of physical properties of ZnO nanomanaterials can be carried out through a process of doping, coating or composite with metal materials and non metal materials. This research aims to synthesize …
This study aims to analyze and examine the development of Viscosity Instruments based on angular speed, which is used for students to understand the viscosity concept. A rotation phototransistor sensor and a PT 100 temperature sensors were used to detect the rotation per minute (RPM) as well as the temperature variation processed by a microcontroller, which is then displayed on the LCD scr…