Uji Kinerja Alat Destilasi pada Rimpang Kunyit Dan Ampas Kunyit terhadap Hasil Rendemen Minyak Kunyit (Curcuma Domestica Val.) dengan Metode Destilasi Uap dan Air The Performance Test of the Distillation Tool for Tumeric rhizome and Tumeric Dregs for the Yield of Tumeric oil (Curcuma Domestica Val.) with Steam and Water Distillation Method

Abstract

Essential oils are known as fly oils, etheric oils or "essential oil", volatile oil. Turmeric (Curcuma domastica Val.) Is a quasi-trunked plant set up by the leaf midrib. High trunk between 40 to 60 cm, there also reached 1 meter size of chopped turmeric treatment provides significant effect on yield. Cutting 1 cm give the highest yield, while the rest of the processed pulp still contains turmeric essential oil with oil extraction is not too much. Long treatment distillery gives a significant effect on yield. The longer refining (6 hours), resulting in a yield of volatile oil which is 0.0517% higher. The highest yield of turmeric essential oil obtained by 0.0517% with chopped size 1cm condition and old distillery 6 hours, and the yield was lowest for the saffron dregs refining as much as 0.0215% with the old distillery 1 hour. Keywords: turmeric rhizome, Turmeric Oil, Distillation.