The Effectiveness Of Inside Durian Rind As A Generator of Electric Energy Based On Drying And Aciding
Faisal Khalik A. F. (1), Ferennia Putri (2), Jesica Aprilia Surbakti (3), Thasia Gian Pavita (4), Omay Sumarna (4), Lala Septem Riza (1)

1. Departemen Pendidikan Ilmu Komputer, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
2. Departemen Pendidikan Matematika, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
3. Departemen Pendidikan Fisika, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
4. Departemen Pendidikan Kimia, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Abstract

Indonesia is worried by running into energy crisis in the next 30 years. That matter would happen if fossil energy reserves would run out and there would be no alternative energies that developed as alternate. Therefore, the community and government should collaborate for finding alternative energy sources in order to reduce the impact of energy crisis. One of the efforts that we can do for supporting that matter is utilizing the biomass. The rind of durian can be used as biomass since durian^s rind has potassium, manganese, folic acid that are able to be used for draining anion and cation which can drain electric current. The purpose of this research is knowing the effectiveness of durian^s rind as the producer of electrical energy based on giving acid and drying. The research method that we used is quantitative research method by experiment. The simulation of solution that we did is divide 4 part of the inside part of durian^s rind then give the different variable for each part. The result of the experiment is the inside part of durian^s rind which had been given the acid without drying has the highest voltage, while durian^s rind which had not been given the acid and with drying after 7 days has the lowest voltage. Therefore, we can conclude that the drying and giving the acid can affect the voltage of electrolyte.

Keywords: the rind of durian, electrolyte, electrical energy, acid, drying

Topic: Chemistry Education