In this study the effect of mixed culture of Zymomonasmobilis and Pichia stipitis to produce bioethanol from Solid Waste Arenga pinnata (SWAP) was investigated. The fermentation liquid substrate was resulted from an integrated process of pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. Combination of diluted acid and ethanol organosolv pretreatment was used to increase the SWAP lignin removal. Raw pretreatment was used to decrease the SWAP particle size to 200 mesh. Acid pretreatment was done using 5% (v/v) diluted sulfate acid. Acid pretreated SWAP was treated for 65 min with organosolv pretreatment. Enzymatic hydrolysis by a combination of cellulase and xylanase was done for 48 h to convert cellulose into reducing sugar. The surfactants (Tween 80) addition was done to increase the sugar yield of the hydrolysis process. Fermentation variable consist of single culture of Z. mobilis as the control and mixed culture of Z. mobilis and P. stipitis, the microorganisms used to convert glucose and xylose into ethanol. The number of inoculum used in this experiment was more than 1.4 billion cells and the duration of fermentation process was 72 h. The delignification process decreased 95.43% lignin in SWAP. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis assay showed an increase of crystallinity index of SWAP with pretreatment combination to 37.87%. Enzymatic hydrolysis by a combination of cellulase and xylanase with the addition of Tween 80 produced 9.16 gr glucose/L reducing sugar concentration. The highest ethanol resulted by fermentation process using mixed culture of Z. mobilis and P. stipitis with 0.33% (v/v) ethanol concentration and 0.57 (g ethanol/g reducing sugar) ethanol yield. Fermentation process using single culture Z. mobilis resulted 0.28% (v/v) ethanol concentration, and 0.48 (g ethanol/g reducing sugar) ethanol yield. The mixed culture fermentation with Z. mobilis and P. stipitis resulted ethanol yield 19 % higher than the single culture fermentation using Z. mobilis.

The utilization of Indonesia low rank coal should be maximized, since the source of Indonesia law rank coals were abundant. Pyrolysis of this coal can produce liquid product which can be utilized as fuel and chemical feedstocks. The yield of liquid product is still low due to lower of comparison H/C. Since coal is non-renewable source, an effort of coal saving and to mitigate the production of greenhouse gases, biomass such as oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) would added as co-feeding. EFB could act as hydrogen donor in co-pyrolysis to increase liquid product. Co-pyrolysis of Indonesia low rank coal and EFB were studied in a drop tube reactor under the certain temperature (T= 500 ˚C) and time (t= 1 h) used N2 as purge gas. The effect of blending ratios of coal/EFB (100/0, 75/25, 50/50, 25/75 and 0/100%, w/w %) on the yield and composition of liquid product were studied systematically. The results showed that the higher blending ratio, the yield of liquid product and gas obtained increased, while the char decreased. The highest yield of liquid product (28,62 %) was obtained used blending ratio of coal/EFB = 25/75, w/w%. Tar composition obtained in this ratio is phenol, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkanes, acids, esters.

Electrocoagulation is electrochemical water and wastewater treatment technology that is the easiest technology using an electrochemical cell supplied by DC power to the electrodes. The application of the electrocoagulation process was purposed to treat oily bilge water. The results indicated that the oil removal efficiency was achieved approximately 99.62% at an initial oil concentration of 60 g/l in batch processes. The current density of 62.5 mA/cm2 applied the process produced oil removal efficiency of 99.95%.In a continuous mode with the initial water only present in the reactor, the oil removal efficiency was achieved approximately 100% with a hydraulic residence time (HRT-1) of 6 h for 60 min of operations. However, the initial oil/water emulsion at a concentration of 63.89 g/l present in the reactor, the oil removal efficiency was approximately 73.33% with HRT-1 of 6 h for 90 h of operations.

Bencana gempa bumi yang menimpa Kabupaten Pasaman Barat mengakibatkan banyak kerugian yang dapat dirasakan secara fisik maupun non fisik. Kerugian berupa non fisik yang terjadi adanya trauma yang dimiliki terutama terjadi pada anak-anak pasca bencana gempa. korban yang selamat dan luka mengalami kerugian non fisik berupa trauma sehingga terganggu secara mental serta psikologis. Traumatik yang terjadi pada korban bencana gempa ini, bukanlah masalah yang dapat dibiarkan berlarut-larut. Korban bencana harus melakukan pemulihan trauma atau trauma healing, agar korban dapat melanjutkan kehidupan secara normal sebagaimana mestinya sebelum adanya bencana yang terjadi. Tujuan KKN Tematik ini dilakukan untuk menciptakan suasana yang lebih ceria dan dukungan secara psikis sehingga dapat memulihkan trauma yang terjadi setelah bencana gempa bumi. Metode KKN yang dilakukan ialah dengan mewujudkan bentuk nyata untuk pemulihan trauma melalui permainan (play therapy) dan dance therapy agar dari kegiatan ini diharapkan menghilangkan rasa takut yang terjadi serta meminimalisir kesedihan atas trauma yang dialami, agar anak-anak dapat kembali dalam keadaan ceria dan bahagia.

Based on Indonesia National Standards (SNI), Indonesian local-salt is currently unavailable to produce high-quality salt. This study was aimed to investigate the purification process of local salt that has been carried out by local salt farmers in Sumenep, Madura Island, Indonesia and to determine the highest level of NaCl content from local salt using a washing method to make iodized salt. Purification process involves washing technique using a nearly saturated brine. The research was conducted in various particle-size (10-20 mesh and 20-35 mesh), salt/brine ratio (1:20, 1:40, 1:60), duration (10, 30, 60 minutes) and stirring speed (100, 200, 300 rpm). The highest NaCl content of 94.45 % was obtained at the washing process using the salt of 20-35 mesh at 1:60 ratio with washing time of 30 minutes at a speed of 100 rpm. The result of the process shows a decrease of Calcium and Magnesium levels by 95.56 %. In iodization process, the determination of the highest NaCl concentration was carried out using washing brine method and spray mixing injection was also done to develop a stable salt formulation. The optimum stability of KIO3 in salt was observed as a function of time.