Pisang merupakan buah yang sering dikonsumsi oleh manusia, baik secara langsung setelah buahnya matang ataupun diolah menjadi makanan lain.  Di pulau Kalimantan, tanaman pisang banyak ditemukan di daerah Kalimantan Selatan. Kulit pisang biasanya hanya dibuang menjadi limbah, padahal di dalam pisang terdapat kandungan pektin sebanyak 22,4%. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan ekstraksi pektin dengan bahan dasar kulit pisang yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis pisang yang banyak mengandung pektin,  pengaruh variasi waktu ekstraksi terhadap jumlah pektin yang dihasilkan serta jenis pelarut yang  menghasilkan pektin maksimum. Percobaan dilakukan memakai dua jenis pisang, yaitu pisang kepok dan pisang ambon yang dikeringkan dan diekstraksi menggunakan pelarut dengan suhu ekstraksi 80°C. Variasi waktu ekstraksi 1; 1,5 dan 2 jam, dengan pelarut HCl dan H2SO4 0,05 N. Hasil ekstraksi ditambahkan dengan etanol hingga terbentuk endapan, kemudian disaring dan di oven pada suhu 40oC selama 8 jam. Pada penelitian ini dilakukan analisa berat ekivalen, kadar metoksil, kadar galakturonat dan derajat esterifikasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kombinasi waktu dan jenis pelarut terbaik untuk menghasilkan kadar pektin yang banyak, baik untuk pisang ambon maupun pisang kepok adalah ekstraksi selama 2 jam menggunakan pelarut HCl dengan kadar sebesar 14,90% untuk pisang ambon dan 10,96% untuk pisang kepok. Pektin yang dihasilkan memiliki berat ekivalen 666,67–793,65;bermetoksil rendah, yaitu 3,53%-4,34% dengan kadar galakturonat 45,06%-48,05%,termasuk pektin ester rendah dengan derajat esterifikasi 43,61%-49,23% dan termasuk pektin ester tinggi dengan derajat esterifikasi sebesar 51,28%-52,09%. Keywords: kulit pisang, pektin, ekstraksi Banana is a fruit that is often consumed by humans, either directly after the fruit riped or processed into other foods. On the island of Borneo, banana plants are mostly found in South Kalimantan. Discarded banana peels usually only become a waste, but there is pectin content as much as 22.4% in the banana. In this research, the extraction of pectin with a banana peels ingredients that aims to determine the types of bananas that contain lots of pectin, the influence of variations time extraction in the amount of pectin produced and the type of solvent that produces maximum pectin. The experiments were conducted using two types of bananas, the banana peel of Ambons and Kepok dried and extracted using solvent extraction with a temperature of 80 ° C. Variation extraction time are 1; 1.5 and 2 hours, the solvent  are HCl and H2SO4 0.05 N. Extracted product added with ethanol to precipitate formed, then its filtered and dried in the oven at a temperature of 40 ° C for 8 hours. In this research, the product being analysis of equivalent weight, grade metocsil, galacturonate levels and the degree of esterification. The results showed that the combination of time and the type of solvent to generate a lot of pectin levels, both for banana Ambon and banana Kepok, was extracted for 2 hours using HCl solvent which is content of 14.90% for bananas Ambon and 10.96%  for bananas Kepok .The pectin that produced has an equivalent weight of 666.67 to 793.65; low metoksil grade of 3.53% -4.34%; with galacturonate levels about 45.06% -48.05%, including low ester pectin with a degree of esterification 43.61 % -49.23% and included a high ester pectin with a degree of esterification of 51.28% -52.09% Keywords: banana peel, pectin, ekstraction

Limbah cair kelapa sawit berasal dari unit proses pengukusan, proses klarifikasi dan buangan dari hidrosiklon. Pada umumnya, limbah cair kelapa sawit mengandung bahan organik yang tinggi seperti 34,20% ekstrak tanpa N (komposisi kimia) dan 13,19 % Glutamit Asam (komposisi asam amino)sehingga potensial mencemari air tanah dan badan air. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh sistem aerasi pada limbah CPO dan lumpur aktif dalam bak aerasi sehingga didapat penurunan konsentrasi BOD5, COD dan pH effluen serta mengetahui variasi perbandingan volume antara limbah CPO dengan lumpur aktif (activated sludge) terhadap optimalisasi penurunan nilai konsentrasiBOD5, COD dan pH effluen.Pada penelitian ini, limbah cair CPO dan lumpur aktif dimasukkan kedalam bioreaktor dengan variasi perbandingan volume. Kemudian masing-masing bioreaktor diaerasi dengan menggunakan aerator dan dilakukan pengamatan sistem aerasi terhadap penurunan nilai BOD5, COD, dan pH nya dengan menggunakan lumpur aktif. Hasil analisa didapatkan nilai optimum terjadi pada bioreaktor C (8:2)v/v dimana perbandingan antara limbah CPO dengan penambahan lumpur aktif lebih sedikit, nilai BOD5 22,4 mg/L dari nilai awal 25,6 mg/L, nilai COD 42,5953 mg/L dari nilai sampel awal 65,77 mg/L begitu pula nilai MLSS dan MLVSS meningkat pada Bioreaktor C dari 52690 mg/L menjadi 71060 mg/L. Keywords: Waktu retensi, tangki Aerasi, Lumpur Aktif, Limbah cair,  BOD5, COD. Liquid waste crude palm oil derived from strilizer unit, clarification unit and exiles from hydrocyclone. Liquid waste from crude palm oil industry such as34.20% extractwithoutN(chemical composition) and13.19% Glutamitacid(amino acidcomposition)might potentially contaminate ground water and water bodies. This studyaimed todetermine the effect of aeration systemonCPOandwasteactivated sludge in theaerationbasinin order to get the concentrationdecreasedBOD5, CODandpH of theeffluentanddetermine variations inthe ratio betweentheCPOwasteactivated sludgetooptimize theconcentrationimpairmentBOD5, CODandeffluentpH.In this study, liquid wasteandsludgeCPOinserted into thebioreactorwith avolumeratiovariation.Then eachaeratedbioreactorsusingaeratorsandaerationsystemswas observedtodecrease invalue ofBOD5, COD, andpHby usingactivated sludge. Analysisresultsobtainedoptimumvalueoccurs inbioreactorC(8:2) v/vCPOwhere thecomparisonbetweenthe wasteactivated sludgewiththe addition ofa little more,BOD5value of22.4mg/Lfrom baseline25.6mg/L, COD42,5953mg/Lofinitialsamplevalue65.77mg/Las well asthe value ofMLSSandMLVSSincreased inBioreactorCof52 690mg/Lto71060mg/L. Keywords: retention time, aeration tank, Activated sludge,liquid waste,BOD5, COD

Abstrak-Indonesia merupakan negara agraris dengan produksi padi yang besar, dimana seiring tingginya produksi padi maka semakin tinggi pula potensi limbah padi yang dihasilkan, salah satunya berupa sekam padi yang dapat dimanfaatkan sebagai bahan baku pembuatan furfural. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisa pengaruh jenis dan konsentrasi katalisator asam terhadap perolehan furfural, menentukan kadar furfural yang diperoleh dengan menggunakan kedua jenis katalisator asam dalam berbagai variasi konsentrasi serta menentukan jenis dan konsentrasi katalisator asam yang dapat menghasilkan kadar furfural terbesar. Penelitian ini berlangsung dalam tiga tahapan, yaitu tahap persiapan bahan baku, proses hidrolisa dan distilasi. Persiapan bahan baku dilakukan dengan menghaluskan sekam padi hingga 80 mesh kemudian dikeringkan menggunakan oven. Proses hidrolisa menggunakan katalisator asam dilakukan selama 4 jam dengan suhu 85oC, hidrolisat disaring untuk selanjutnya dilakukan pemurnian dengan distilasi. Penelitian dilakukan dengan memvariasikan katalisator asam berupa asam sulfat dan asam klorida dengan konsentrasi 1%, 3%, 5%, 7% dan 9%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa sintesis furfural dari sekam padi dapat menghasilkan furfural tertinggi pada katalisator asam sulfat dengan konsentrasi 1%. Adapun kadar furfural yang diperoleh pada katalisator asam sulfat dengan konsentrasi 1%, 3%, 5%, 7% dan 9% berturut-turut sebesar 1,815%; 1,256%;  0,933%; 0,733% dan 0,730%, sedangkan kadar furfural yang diperoleh pada katalisator asam klorida sebesar 1,659%; 1,126%; 0,848%; 0,737% dan 0,726%. Keywords:hidrolisa, distilasi, katalisator asam, furfural Abstract-Indonesia is an agrarian country with a large rice production, where rice production is often high, the potential of rice waste will be higher, one of the waste is rice hull that can be used as raw material for the manufacture of furfural. This research aims to determine the type and concentration of acid catalyst in the manufacture of furfural, and analyze the effect of acid catalyst type and concentration to furfural obtained. This research was done by three stages, namely preparation of raw materials, hydrolysis and distillation process. Preparation of raw materials was started by reducing the rice hull’s size up to 80 mesh and then drying. Acid catalyst hydrolysis carried out for four hours with the operating temperature of 85 oC, then filtered hydrolyzate was purified by distillation. Research was done by varying the acid catalyst in the form of sulfuric acid and hidrochloric acid with the concentration of 1%, 3%, 5%, 7% and 9%. The results showed that the synthesis of furfural from rice hull obtained the highest furfural concentration on the sulfuric acidcatalyst at 1% concentration. The furfural obtained with concentration of 1%, 3%, 5%, 7% and 9% on a sulfuric acidcatalyst respectively at 1.815%; 1.256%; 0.933%; 0.733% and 0.730%, while the furfural obtained on the hydrochloric acid catalyst respectively at 1.659%; 1.126%; 0.848%; 0.737% and 0.726%. Keywords:hydrolysis, distillation, acid catalyst, furfural

The utilization of an appropriate catalyst in biodiesel production depends on the free fatty acid content of vegetable oil as a feedstock. Recently, heterogeneous acid catalysts are widely chosen for biodiesel production. However, these catalysts are non-renewable, highly expensive and low stability. Due to the aforementioned drawbacks of commercial heterogeneous acid catalyst, a number of efforts have been made to develop renewable green solid acid catalysts derived from biomass. Published literature revealed that the application of the biomass derived solid acid catalysts can achieve up to 98% yield of biodiesel. This article focused on corncob as raw material in solid acid catalyst preparation for biodiesel production. The efficient preparation method and performance comparation are discussed here. The corncob derived heterogeneous acid catalysts provides an environmentally friendly and green synthesis for biodiesel production.

Contamination of soil by the activities of exploration, production, and disposal of oil waste into the environment causes serious damage to the environmental ecosystem, the target of processing by the bacteria as a model for remediation of oil contaminated site. Thus, the study was focused on determining the biodegradation percentage of extractable petroleum hydrocarbons as a function of the oil concentration. This research was conducted in a slurry bioreactor with mixed contaminated soil to water ratio of 20:80 (wt.%). A consortium of Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas putida bacteria 10% (v/v) and 15% (v/v) with the ratio of 2:3, 1:1, and 3:2 was inserted into the slurry bioreactor and a single reactor was used as a control. The result of identification with an initial concentration of extractable petroleum hydrocarbons of 299.53 ng/µL, after 49 days of incubation for bacterial consortium 10% (v/v), the concentration was reduced to 85.31; 32.43; 59.74; and 112.22 ng/µL respectively and the biodegradation percentage was 71.5; 89.17; 80.05; and 62.54%. As for the bacterial consortium concentration of 15% (v/v) with the same ratio and control, the effluent concentration was 12.48; 7.72; 18.93 ng/µL, respectively or the biodegradation percentage was 95.83; 97.42; 93.68%.