Research Article
A Preliminary Study of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) for Characterization of the Wood Pellet Process of Sengon Wood (Albizia Chinensis)
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320197, author={Eko Yohanes Setyawan and Richard Napitupulu and Soeparno Djiwo and Djoko Hari P and Andi Nugroho}, title={A Preliminary Study of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) for Characterization of the Wood Pellet Process of Sengon Wood (Albizia Chinensis)}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd Universitas Kuningan International Conference on System, Engineering, and Technology, UNISET 2021, 2 December 2021, Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={UNISET}, year={2022}, month={8}, keywords={electron microscopy; x-ray; wood pellet process}, doi={10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320197} }- Eko Yohanes Setyawan
Richard Napitupulu
Soeparno Djiwo
Djoko Hari P
Andi Nugroho
Year: 2022
A Preliminary Study of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) for Characterization of the Wood Pellet Process of Sengon Wood (Albizia Chinensis)
UNISET
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-12-2021.2320197
Abstract
Previously, Sengon wood waste from existing sawmills was underutilized. Therefore, one way to utilize this wood waste is to convert it into fuel because the energy demand in this world continues to increase. In doing so, an initial study was conducted to determine the characteristics of wood pellets from Sengon wood using Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive of X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), resulting in more porosity in the middle than at the bottom and top because the middle is denser than the inside of the Sengon wood pellet, while the upper part has fewer pores because the outer part of the wood pellet experiences friction with the ring die so that the resulting pores are smoother. Meanwhile, on average, the elements that have been tested have the highest atomic weights, namely C-K elements (40.36%); elements O-K (52.08%); element CuL (1.29%); Elements of AIK (0.85%); SiK element (1.95%); CIK elements (0.42%); KK elements (1.39%) and CaK elements (1.64%).
