IMPROVEMENT OF EFFICIENCY OF KAFFIR LIME OIL (Citrus. hystrix DC.) DISTILLATION PROCESS IN PEOPLE DISTILLATION UNITS
Warsito* (1,2), Suratmo (1,2), Luthfi Kurnia Dewi (1,3), Dwi Sapri Ramadhan (1)
(1)Essential Oil-s Institute, Brawijaya University, Jl Veteran Malang 65145, Indonesia
*warsitoub88[at]yahoo.com
(2)Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Brawijaya University, Jl Veteran Malang, 65145, Indonesia
(3)Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya University, Jl Veteran Malang, 65145, Indonesia
Abstract
Kaffir lime oil (Citrus. Hystrix DC.) Is one type of essential oil produced by the people and has a relatively stable price. Improved efficiency of the process of distillation of kaffir oil by improving the handling of raw material of twigs and how to separate the kaffir lime oil with condensate water. In this activity the raw material is chopping using a chopper cutting machine, giving a hinge at the top of the distillation kettle and installing a funnel that is connected to the pipe and designed based on the connected vessel. The results obtained show that the cutting of kaffir lime branches can reduce the length of branches by 10-15 cm, thereby increasing the capacity of the kettle and made the oil extraction process more optimal. Hinge installation makes it easy to load and unload raw materials so as to ease the burden on workers and save time up to 1 hour. While the installation of a connected vessel-based oil container can relate to improving the quality of kaffir lime oil. The optimization of this process can increase the yield of kaffir lime oil by 0.24%.
Keywords: kaffir lime oil; distillation; separation; efficiency; modification
Topic: Sustainable Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering