Effectiveness of air filter equipment based on water Hyacinth on combustion smoke

Abstract

Indonesia as an agrarian country has a variety of plantation plants. The oil palm plantations are widely spread on two islands of Indonesia namely Sumatra and Kalimantan. In these two areas, there is a risk of being affected by the haze disaster. Forest and land burning smoke contains carbon dioxide gases (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and particles. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of air filter device using water hyacinth cellulose material in combustion fumes. The air filter was filled with a solution of water hyacinth cellulose with variations in concentrations of 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5%, 15%, 17.5%, 20% and 22.5%, 40% NaOH solution and 10% zeolite solution. Filter device were tested by using a gas analyzer. The gas levels of CO2 and HC in combustion fumes were 5.82 vol% and 126 ppm vol. The test results showed that the device could reduce the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrocarbons (HC) in combustion fumes. The most effective device was used to reduce CO2 gas by using 20% cellulose solution where the effectiveness of the device was 100%. The most effective device was used to reduce HC gas by using 22.5% cellulose solution where the effectiveness of the device was 90.48%.