Open AccessDesign of Aluminium Melting Furnace Using Coconut Shell Charcoal on Laboratory Scale as Learning Medium
Author(s) -
Bambang Tjiroso,
A. Widyastuty Bustan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1477/5/052025
Subject(s) - charcoal , materials science , aluminium , combustion , melting temperature , metallurgy , shell (structure) , environmental science , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry
The laboratory is a means to conduct student practicum. Manufacuring Engineering Laboratory at the Industrial Engineering Department of the University of the Pacific is still lacking in equipment, this is a problem in the lecture and research process in the laboratory. The aim of this research is to design a laboratory scale aluminum melting furnace to support the smooth learning process and research in the laboratory. The melting furnace is designed to melt aluminum using coconut shell charcoal. The combustion process is carried out using shell charcoal and air from the blower. The design results show that the making and assembly of the melting furnace are made according to the design, the combustion chamber is made of refractory cement and is equipped with an air circulation system produced from the Blower. The coconut shell charcoal fuel needed to melt ½% kg of used aluminum is as much as 2 kg in phase I testing and 1 kg for phase II testing. The melting temperature in the first phase of testing was 729 °C with a melting time of 55 minutes, while in the phase II test the melting temperature was 690 °C and the melting time was 48 minutes.