Development of the Biogas-Energized Livestock Feed Making Machine for Breeders

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Darma Persada University, Jl. Taman Malaka Selatan No.22, Jakarta Timur, 13450, Indonesia
² Graduate School of Renewable Energy, Darma Persada University
³ Department of Information System, Darma Persada University
⁴ Department of Agriculture Science, Postgraduate Program, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Jl. Raya Tlogomas No.246, Malang, 65145, Indonesia
⁵ Department of Biology and Environmental Science, Linnaeus University, Stuvaregatan 4 SE-392 31 Kalmar, Sweden
⁶ Research Division for Natural Product Technology – Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl. Jogja Wonosari, km 31.5, Gunung Kidul, Special Region Yogyakarta 55861, Indonesia
⁷ Department of Agrotechnology, Merdeka University of Madiun, Jl. Serayu No.79, Madiun 63133, East Java, Indonesia
⁸ Program Study of Information Technology, University of Jember, Jl. Kalimantan 37, Jember 68121, Indonesia
⁹ Institute of Health Sciences & Research, AHRO Scientific Publishing, 272 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4JR, Scotland, UK

^* Corresponding author: roy_hendroko@hotmail.com

Abstract

The need for beef in Indonesia continues to increase. In 2020, it will require imports of 300 thousand t of meat or the equivalent of 1.7 × 10⁶ cattle a year. To overcome the problem, the biogas-energized livestock feed making machine (copper) was designed. The advantage of this copper is the process of making the livestock feed can efficient and effective. Results of the calculations, known that with increasing miller rotation output, the resulting capacity shows an increase. Also, it can use drive motors that are available on the market with a power capacity of 50 W. Hence; this machine is very efficient in the use of electricity, high economic value, convenient and easy move to other places. Electricity for the engine is designed with renewable energy, namely biogas from co-digestion substrates namely animal feed waste, kitchen waste, cow dung and excreta disposal from septic tanks. This co-generation is expected to improve the life of the breeders