Year: 2025 | Month: November | Volume: 12 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 443-448
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20251146
Techno-Economic Analysis of Energy Conversion from a Diesel Motor to an Electric Motor in a Hot Air Blowing Fan for Rice Drying
Muhammad Sidhqi Bayu Pratama1, Jaka Windarta1, Mochammad Facta1, Ngurah Ayu Ketut Umiati2
1Department of Electrical Engineering, 2Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia
2Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Mathematics,Diponegoro University, Semarang Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Muhammad Sidhqi Bayu Pratama, Mochammad Facta
ABSTRACT
A rice drying machine with biomass fuel is an alternative in the rice drying process to reduce dependence on conventional drying using sunlight. To achieve this objective, a dryer has been developed to dry rice with a better efficiency and high economic value. The experiment was conducted by optimizing the drying machine capacity of 5,000 kg/process using a diesel motor and an electric motor in a hot air blowing fan. The test results showed that a drying machine using an electric motor for a driver of hot air blowing fan is better than using a diesel engine. The economic value is directly proportional to the efficiency value of the rice drying machine, where the use of electric motor is more economical than the use of diesel motor engine.
Keywords: Rice drying machine, Efficiency, Electric motor, Diesel engine, Economical analysis
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