The scarcity of fuel or energy resource is a big issue in Indonesia. Waste paper
and bagasse, which can contaminate the environment, are factually potential and
can be proceed to be an alternative energy. Grounded on that fact, some
researches have been done to understand that the blend of solid-paper waste,
bagasse, and charcoal, can be bio-briquette. The compositions tested in this
research are bio-briquettes with the ratio of 90% : 10% [ (30% of solid-paper
waste + 60% of bagasse) : 10% of charcoal ] ; 70% : 30% [ (20% of solid-paper
waste + 50% of bagasse) : 30% of charcoal ] ; 60% : 40% [ (30% of solid-paper
waste + 30% of bagasse) : 40% of charcoal ] ; 50% : 50% [ (40% of solid-paper
waste + 10 % of bagasse) : 50 % of charcoal]. At the beginning, the research is
done by collecting, finely crushing, and testing the basic materials (the testing
components are water content, calor value, and ash content). The next steps are
mixing the basic materials (charcoal, solid-paper waste, bagasse, and molasses)
and pressing the blend with 150 kpa (pressure level). The last step is drying the
blend which has been pressed. The re-testing of water content, heat value, and
ash content after the bio-briquettes have finished is done for understanding the
maximum heat value and the period of combustion. From the different ratio of
bio-briquettes compositions (as the samples of this research), the ratio of 50% :
50% is the best composition of bio-briquette because it can burn out faster and
has maximum heat.
Keywords: Bio-briquette, Sugar Cane, Wood Charcoal, Solid Waste Paper,
Calor, Water Content, and Ash Content
