{"title":"A Review on Rotating Biological Contactors","authors":"Sharjeel Waqas, M. Bilad","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18181","url":null,"abstract":"Rotating biological contactors (RBC) is a wastewater treatment process that provides a both acceptable effluent quality and organic removal efficiency at a comparatively very low costs. It is highly attractive due to simplicity of operation, low sludge production, small foot-print, low maintenance, and low operational cost. Complete nitrification/denitrification can be achieved by varying the disk submergence level and operating the process under both anaerobic/anoxic conditions in a single unit. In this review, pros and cons of RBC are discussed in detail along with the factors affecting its performances. Organic and hydraulic loading and hydraulic retention time are the main parameters followed by additional parameters such as rotational speed, media, disk submergence, dissolved oxygen level, influent and effluent characteristics, and step-feeding in affecting the performance of an RBC system. RBC has shown promising results for the removal of biodegradable matter, nitrogen and phosphorous removal. The approaches for hybridization of biological processes to improve their overall performance are also review. Such success story is assess so explore possibility of developing RBC based hybrid processes. Hybrid RBC can be form from in-combination with other processes for minimizing energy requirements and maximizing the efficiency of the system.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75360631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of the Adequacy of Bridge Design Loads in Pakistan","authors":"I. Shahid, A. Noman, S. Farooq, A. Arshad","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18174","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18174","url":null,"abstract":"Weight, configuration, and volume of traffic vary from country to country. But, in developing countries like Pakistan, bridges are designed based on codes of developed countries. Hence, these bridges may not have desired safety level. In this study, safety levels of three sample bridges has been investigated in terms of structural reliability index. Live load effects (shear and moments) in girders were determined using weigh-in-motion data (WIM) and were extrapolated to 75 years using non-parametric fit. Two live load models and two strengths, required by 1967 Pakistan Code of Practice for Highway Bridges (PHB Design-Case) and that required by the 2012 AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications (AASHTO Design-Case) were used in reliability analysis. It is found that actual trucks produce moment and shear in girders 11 to 45 percent higher than live load models of PHB and AASHTO design cases. Values of structural reliability indices vary from 1.25 to 2.50 and from 2.45 to 3.15 for PHB and AASHTO design cases, respectively, and are less than the target reliability index value of 3.50 used in the design codes as benchmark. It is revealed after the research that bridges in Pakistan may not have desired safety level, and current live load models may not be the true representation of service-level truck traffic.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86315076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Traceable Value for Proficiency Test of Natural Gas","authors":"Y. S. Ridwan, S. Supriadi, W. Nugraha","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18184","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18184","url":null,"abstract":"The use of consensus values as the assign value for proficiency testing (PT) activities are currently a common practice in Indonesia, including the field of natural gas analysis. Hence, mostly the performance evaluation is based on consensus agreement. In this work, a PT was conducted using traceable values with respect to ISO/IEC 17043 and ISO 13528. It was demonstrated that the chosen PT scheme has good capability to evaluate the performance of participating laboratories. And, in some cases, the selected PT scheme was not affected by extreme values and limited number of participants. Post analysis to the PT round has been conducted using the information of uncertainty of the traceable value and the uncertainty of robust average of participants’ results. It was demonstrated that there were no significance biases in the PT round. Moreover, it could be concluded that the participating laboratories have a good agreement with one to another. They also have a good agreement with traceable values, giving more additional confidence to the measurement quality in this field of analysis.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84634305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sumarji Sumarji, Fabrobi Ridha, Dedi Dwilaksana, A. Syuhri, Raihaan Raihaan
{"title":"The Effect of Particle Dispersion due to Mixing Speed on Spent Coffee Ground Composites","authors":"Sumarji Sumarji, Fabrobi Ridha, Dedi Dwilaksana, A. Syuhri, Raihaan Raihaan","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18175","url":null,"abstract":"Composites using bio-materials with unique properties, such as spent coffee ground were developed for composite fillers. This study was conducted to produce samples under various mixing speed conditions. This study also determined effect of mixing speeds on particle homogeneity as well as composite dispersion in the final product. The composite dispersion was determined by an index based on a standard deviation of free-path spacing of filler particles using a digital microscope. Results showed that when using high-speed mixing, particle tends to agglomerate with particle clumps. We also obtained that faster mixing speed results more homogeneous mixture compared to slower speed. In short, slower speed can reach similar result in homogeneity levels, but it would require longer time for the mixing process.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82204112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rifki Husnul Khuluk, A. Rahmat, B. Buhani, S. Suharso
{"title":"Removal of Methylene Blue by Adsorption onto Activated Carbon From Coconut Shell (Cocous Nucifera L.)","authors":"Rifki Husnul Khuluk, A. Rahmat, B. Buhani, S. Suharso","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18179","url":null,"abstract":"This research has been conducted on process of production activated carbon from coconut shells, which are activated both physics and chemistry to improve the adsorption of methylene blue. The process of physical activation was done by burning the coconut shell using a furnace at a temperature of 700°C. The chemical activation was done using H3PO4 activator. The result of activated carbon physical activation (CAP) has a greater absorbency than activated carbon chemical activation (CAC) with each of the absorption of methylene blue at 99.42 and 98.64%. Analysis of surface morphology on the adsorbent was performed using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). SEM results indicated that (CAP) has a surface morphology that is relatively similar to commercial activated carbon (CACm). Adsorption test was conducted on the determination of the optimum pH, adsorption rate, and isotherm adsorption of methylene blue. The results of the optimum pH on CAC, CAP, and CACm respectively obtained at pH 8 and the optimum contact time is obtained respectively at 40, 60, and 80 minutes. Adsorption kinetics data of methylene blue on CACm, CAP, and CAC tend to follow the pseudo second order kinetics with a correlation coefficient (R2) is 0.937; 0.950; and 0.999, respectively. Adsorption isotherm of methylene blue on CACm, CAP, and CAC tend to follow the model of Freundlich isotherms.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90624046","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Design Model of Special Vocational High School for Children with Visual Impairment","authors":"J. Maknun, M. Barliana, D. Cahyani","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I2.18173","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aimed to describe architectural design model of vocational high school that is accessible and meets the behavioral needs of children with visual impairment. The method used was a rational design method or often called as a glass box method, which was divided into four steps: 1) design criteria; 2) children with visual impairment’s behaviour; 3) programming; 4) designing model. The design criteria was combined based on its accessibility, space, sensory awareness, enhancement of learning, flexibility and ability, health and well-being condition, safety and security, sustainability, incorporation of nature environment and buildings, and availability of open space. These principle implemented from outside to inside the building, as well as from the site, landscape, building to interior of classroom. We believe that this study gives important for the need of architectural building model for students with special needs.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86653583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Isolation and Identification of Hydrocarbon Degradation Bacteria and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria in Oil Contaminated Soil in Bojonegoro, East Java, Indonesia","authors":"Y. Rahayu","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I1.14923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I1.14923","url":null,"abstract":"Petroleum is a mixture of hydrocarbon complexes with organic compounds from sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen and metal-containing compounds. These organic compounds can be used as substrate for bacterial growth. This study aimed to isolate and identify hydrocarbon degrading bacteria and phosphate solubilizing bacteria in oil-contaminated soil in Bojonegoro. This study used an exploration method to find each of the two types of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria and phosphate solubilizing bacteria from soil samples in Bojonegoro that contaminated by oil. Identification of isolates bacterial included macroscopic observations of bacteria, gram staining on bacterial cells and physiological tests. Macroscopic observations include the form of colonies, colony diameter, colony color, colony edge, and elevation. The physiological test using Microbact Identification System to determine the physiological characteristics of bacteria so that genera and types of bacteria can be known. The identification of organisms was based on changes in pH and use of the substrate. The results of data analysis were obtained from five types of bacteria from soil samples that contaminated by oil which were successfully isolated. After identification of species was done, four species of bacteria were obtained, namely Pseudomonas pseudomallei, Pseudomonas fluorescens-25, Flavobacterium odoratum, and Enterococcus sp.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86687749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Bale, Yeremias Pell, Muhamad Jafri, Rima N Selan
{"title":"Experimental Investigation on Mechanical Joint of Lontar (Borassus Flabellifer) Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites under Static Flexural Test","authors":"J. Bale, Yeremias Pell, Muhamad Jafri, Rima N Selan","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I1.15239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I1.15239","url":null,"abstract":"This study has been conducted to investigate the flexural strength of Borassus Flabellifer Fiber/BFF reinforced polyester composite joint under static condition. Tests were carried out to study the flexural strength of double strap butt joint and single lap joint of BFF polyester composite. In addition, post observation of macroscope was used to map failure behavior. The results shown that the flexural strength of single lap joint is higher compared to double strap butt joint of BFF polyester composite. The larger cross-sectional area and the existence of gap area could be the main reason for lower flexural strength generated by double strap butt joint of BFF polyester composite. The failure of BFF polyester composite joints under flexural test indicated the brittle failure behaviour that fiber breakage was found to be the final failure mechanism which start with matrix cracking and fiber-matrix debonding failure mechanisms.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90936103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phytochemical screening of Sargassum sp and in vitro seed germination test","authors":"Siti Fatimah Baharudin, H. Alimon, N. Daud","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I1.11141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I1.11141","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the present paper is to evaluate the phytochemical screening of Sargassum sp and also to investigate the effect of its crude extracts on seed germination and seedling development of Capsicum annum. The samples were dried and made to coarse powder and stored at -20°C for further analysis. Crude extracts were prepared using three different solvents (DCM, methanol and hexane). Different concentrations of crude extracts were prepared in solid medium using MS basal media and germination tests were carried out in vitro. High concentration (50ul/mL) of hexane extract exhibited most promoting effect on seed germination and seedling development of Capsicum annum followed by methanol (50ul/mL) and DCM (50ul/mL). The presence of micro and macro nutrients, vitamins, growth hormones and other constituents in the seaweed extract might be very much useful to the crop but their concentration should be appropriate to enhance growth and productivity. It may be concluded that Sargassum extracts could serve as cost effective and eco-friendly product for sustainable agriculture.","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77342377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Education Level on Accepting The Reuse of Treated Effluent in Irrigation","authors":"H. Al-Najar, Basel El Hamarneh","doi":"10.17509/IJOST.V4I1.14881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17509/IJOST.V4I1.14881","url":null,"abstract":"Gaza strip suffers from a serious shortage in water resources due to the continuous increase in population, life changes, political conditions and drought caused by climate change. Due to increased demand for water for domestic use, resulting accumulation of large quantities of wastewater in the treatment plant in Rafah. Therefore, reuse of treated wastewater is one of the most recently accepted approaches to save groundwater or domestic use. The aim of this research is to study the treated effluent quality from Rafah Treatment Plant, in addition to the effect of education level of the farmers on reusing treated wastewater for irrigation. A questionnaire was distributed to farmers to investigate the acceptance of using treated effluent for irrigation, meanwhile the effluent parameters tested were BOD, COD, TKN, NH4, NO3, P, Cd, Pb, and Cu accounted for 110, 250, 108, 127, 0.23, 17.9 mg/l, < 0.003, <0.001, and 19.9 µg/l. Most of reuse parameters were higher than the recommended levels for the effluent reuse based on the recommended Palestinian Standards for irrigation. About 80.7% of farmers accept using treated wastewater in irrigation and the Chi-square test analysis showed that, at P-value =0.00095 < α= 0.05, there is a close relationship between the educational level of farmers and the acceptance of using of treated wastewater in irrigation, as long as it is safe and healthy. ","PeriodicalId":37185,"journal":{"name":"Indonesian Journal of Science and Technology","volume":"338 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77599281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}