UJI KERJA ALAT DIGESTER PADA PEMBUATAN PULP PROSES SODA MENGGUNAKAN NATRIUM HIDROKSIDA DENGAN PEMANFAATAN AMPAS TEBU (BAGASSE) (Performance Test Digester on Pulping Soda Process Using Sodium Hydroxide with Usage Sugarcane (Bagasse))

Abstract

Digester is the main device in the pulping process. The Device as a container in the delignification process raw material pulp industry in orden to get the product in the form of pulp. To process the sugarcane (bagasse) to be pulp, usable digester is the main device in the pulping process.In this case required tests on the digester in the manufacture of pulp as a material for papermaking. Sugarcane (bagasse) is a byproduct of the extraction process (refining) of liquid sugar. From one factory sugarcane generated approximately 35-40% of the weight of cane milled. However, as many as 60% of sugarcane is utilized by the sugar mills as raw material, raw material for paper, canvas brake industrial raw materials, fungi industrial and other. Sugarcane (Bagasse) have a composition similar to the chemical composition broadleaf wood, except for water content. The main components include bagasse fiber of about 43-52%, 46-52% water and 2-3% dissolved solids. Requirements raw materials that can be used as pulp and paper are raw materials that have long fibers, spacious with high hemicellulose levels and bagasse have these requirements. Keyword : Digester, Pulp, Paper, Bagasse