Industrial symbiosis of fragrant lemongrass distillation in West Java

Abstract

The fragrant lemongrass oil processing industry is one of the industrial activities that provides a major contribution in improving the economy of the community, especially the business actors involved, namely farmers and processing industries of fragrant lemongrass oil. Based on the results of preliminary research that has been carried out there is a major problem of lack of collaboration between industries of refined citronella oil refiners. The main objective of this study is to determine the right industrial symbiosis model for small and medium scale citronella oil processing industries so as to optimize the potential and resources possessed and be able to integrate it with other industries. The approach method used to support the success of the output target is to conduct a structured stage of research starting from preliminary studies, formulating the problem and determining the objectives of the study, literature study, determining the steps of research, gathering the required data, and designing industrial symbiosis models. The results obtained are that there are several industrial symbiosis alternative models for fragrant lemongrass (sereh wangi) distillation in accordance with the characteristics of each region.