DSSC (Dye Sensitized Solar Cell) uses dye as a sensitizer material which is used as an electron donor to TiO2 nanoparticles and uses an electrolyte as an electron transport medium. One of the dye extracts of purple spinach and moringa leaves used as a photosensitizer is chlorophyll extract or anthocyanin. The nature of chlorophyll which is able to absorb light is a function of the dye in DSSC. Making Moringa leaf and red spinach leaf dye after being blended, dried and ground into powder. Then the Moringa leaf powder was mixed with 70% ethanol with the ratio of Moringa leaves and ethanol, namely 1:2, 1:3, and 1:4. Meanwhile, red spinach leaf powder was mixed with ethanol solution in a ratio of 1:3. DSSC fabrication shows that the voltage, current, and power produced increases with the increasing amount of ethanol used, namely 1.879 mW, 1.573 mW, and 1.98 mW. Meanwhile, red spinach leaves mixed with ethanol in a ratio of 1:3 showed that the results were higher than Moringa leaves. So from the results of DSSC Solar Cell fabrication using Moringa leaves and red spinach leaves, it shows that there is light absorption from these materials and an increase in the conductive properties of Moringa and red spinach DSSCs.

Pengecoran squeeze merupakan pengecoran yang dimana dalam proses tersebut menggunakan tekanan tinggi dengan cetakan berbentuk die-punch diberikan pada logam cair saat terjadi pemadatan. Pada pengecoran semi solid temperatur tuang sangat berpengaruh pada hasil kekerasan material itu sendiri. Pada proses penelitian yang akan dilakukan, alat squeeze casting dimodifikasi sedemikian rupa dengan penambahan elemen pemananas (coil heater) pada cetakan sehingga proses pengecoran dilakukan di dalam cetakan tersebut. Dengan material Magnesium, tekanan 350 MPa serta variasi temperatur 3500C, 4000C, 4500C dan 5000C untuk lama waktu penekanan 1 menit, dengan holding time 5 menit serta tekanan gas argon 1 bar dan satu sampel  tanpa perlakuan yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui nilai kekerasan bahan serta struktur mikro yang ada pada spesimen tersebut sehingga nantinya hasil dari pengujian ini dapat diaplikasikan sesuai kebutuhan yang diharapkan. Hasil yang diperoleh dari penelitian ini terlihat semakin tinggi temperatur, semakin besar, semakin banyak pula melting pada sampel, terlihat pada temperatur 5000C sehingganya meningkatkan nilai kekerasan sebesar 49,5 HRV, serta berpengaruh pada hasil struktur mikro bandingkan dengan material awal tanpa proses, pada hasil SEM memperlihatkan  pada pembesaraan 1000 kali, Ukuran dari struktur material berubah menjadi lebih homogen seiring naiknya temperatur selama proses squeeze casting.

Distillation of liquid smoke is a process of heating liquid smoke based on the difference in its boiling point and then cooled to get liquid smoke with better quality. This heating aims to separate unwanted components in liquid smoke such as tar and benzopyrene. The process is strongly influenced by several things such as temperature and distillator. From these two measurements, several characteristics such as heating rate, distillation flow rate of liquid smoke, production capacity, heating temperature, steam temperature and distillation time, as well as the characteristics of the resulting liquid smoke can be known.The purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics of the 3rd grade liquid smoke distillation process with electric heating and water cooling condenser which includes the production capacity of liquid smoke and to determine the quality and quantity of liquid smoke, heating rate, electricity consumption, flow rate and to determine the efficiency of 2nd grade liquid smoke production.This research was conducted at the Laboratorium Teknik Mesin Universitas Muhammadiyah Metro, this study used a distillation apparatus made of Aluminium plate 1 mm thick, 180 mm in diameter, 250 mm high. Condenser with 0.5 inch diameter copper pipe 3,5 m long, 3 inch diameter PVC pipe, 3m long. The raw material for 3rd grade liquid smoke is 3 liters.The results obtained that the distillation apparatus has a capacity of 3 liters, the distillation temperature affects the rate of heating that occurs, namely the distillation temperature of 110oC, the heating rate is 707,42 J/second, the electricity consumption is 4,48kWh, the time is 45 minutes, and for a temperature of 120 oC the heating rate is 754,60 J/second, electricity consumption is 4,467 kWh in 65 minutes. The highest yield of liquid smoke is at a temperature of 110 oC, which is 2840 ml with a flow rate of 8,35 ml/minute and an efficiency of 94,6%, pH level of 2,15. And for a temperature of 120 oC it produces 2560 ml of liquid smoke, with a flow rate of 8,67 ml/minute and an efficiency of 85,3%, with a pH level of 2,10.

Biopellet is a type of solid fuel based on biomass waste which has a smaller size than briquettes. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of adhesive composition and the effect of the diameter of biopellet briquettes on the characteristics and temperature and combustion time of the gasification stove. The method used was a mixture of 40% sawdust biomass and 60% coconut shell charcoal by varying the adhesive as much as 20%, 25%, 30% on 4 mm and 7 mm diameter biopellet briquettes. Based on the test results, it is known that the adhesive composition affects the temperature and time produced during combustion. The highest temperature reached 713.2 0 C with an adhesive percentage of 20% at a diameter of 7 mm biopellet briquettes with a flash time of 26 minutes. While the lowest temperature reached 653.00C with 30% adhesive percentage on 4 mm diameter biopllet briquettes and 30 minutes of flame time. For the characteristics of biopellet briquettes from laboratory tests, the highest moisture content value was 8.10% in 30% adhesive at 4 mm diameter for the highest ash content value 9.45% at 30% adhesive variation at 4 mm diameter and the highest calorific value reached 4571.64 cal/g of 20% adhesive vari at 7 mm diameter.

Logam adalah material alam yang sangat berguna dalam berbagai aspek kehidupan manusia, salah satunya adalah material logam non ferro, logam tersebut tidak mengandung unsur besi contohnya tembaga, alumunium, timah. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh penambahan unsur magnesium pada pengujian fatik dan porositas, dengan metode pengecoran bahan aluminium piston motor bekas menggunakan tungku induksi dengan temperatur penuangan sebesar 700°C. Pada pengujian fatik penambahan unsur magnesium sebesar 1% mendapatkan nilai siklus sebesar 5.100, dan variasi 1,5% mendapatkan nilai siklus sebesar 5.220 dan variasi 2% mendapatkan nilai siklus 5.420. Sedangkan untuk pengujian porositas penambahan unsur magnesium sebesar 1% mendapatkan nilai porositas sebesar 9,2% dan variasi 1,5% mendapatkan nilai porositas sebesar 4,5 % dan variasi 2% mendapatkan nilai porositas 3,5%.