Published in Scientific Papers. Series B. Horticulture., Vol. LVII
Written by Meylinda Nur PUSPITA, Pristi SUKMASETYA, Selma Siti LUTFIAH
Essential oils of vetiver is an industrial and trading commodities in the international market that plays an important role for the perfume, medicine, and cosmetic industries. But the distillery for 12 hours from 1 ton vetiver produced only 4 liters of essential oil and of course a lot of waste that has accumulated. The purpose of this research are to overcome the industrial waste of vetiver treatment without the continues pollutant, to get the view about the mix pot from the vetiver waste technically and to know the quality of the pot made from vetiver waste. Making the sample is started with the selection between the burnt vetiver waste, cement and sand. Then making sample with the form like a pot that has the up diameter (31,3 cm), the bottom diameter (20,3 cm), highty (30 cm), and the mass of vetiver waste pot (5,52 kg) and the mass of reguler pot (5,36 kg). From the research that has been done, it can to get the conclusion that the vetiver waste pot has better quality than the reguler pot (cement pot). It reviewed from the power of the vetiver waste pot has a power until (583,78 kgf), while the reguler pot has just (410,34 kgf). Besides, this pot can save up to 30% of the cost of production and exactly it eco-friendly.
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