Kontrol Kecepatan Motor Penggerak Feeder Pada Mesin Pencacah Jerami Untuk Sistem Reaktor Biogas Berbahan Baku Jerami

The production of one ton of rice straw will produce 250 kg of dry hay (Isni, 2011). A sizeable amount, straw as one of the ingredients that are very effectively used as raw material for biogas. Straw into biogas conversion value reaches 250-350 liter / kg dry weight (Arati, 2009). For a perfect straw metabolism, staw should be cut first. Enumeration is done manually is less efficient because the enumeration is done by using a knife to cut hay will produce a piece of straw that are not uniform. Good hay cutting measure is about 2-5 cm. If the straw enumeration is done by machine, then it takes the feeder to the cutting machine tool that can feed the straw so that the resulting size of 2-5 cm. To make the necessary feeder, conveyor, DC motors, magnetic clutch and infrared sensors. Conveyor serves as a carrier of straw, DC motors as actuators, magnetic clutch as conveyor control and infrared sensor as a measure of pieces of straw. After testing, show that it works and works well.