REVIEW PAPER
Analysis of Near Infra Red (NIR) Impact
as the Control Process of a Palm Oil Mill
and Refinery Plant for Environmental
Sustainability
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School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia, Salemba Campus, Jakarta, Indonesia
Submission date: 2019-04-05
Final revision date: 2019-12-07
Acceptance date: 2019-12-10
Online publication date: 2020-03-27
Publication date: 2020-05-12
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Herdis Herdiansyah
School of Environmental Science, Universitas Indonesia, Jl. Salemba Raya No.4, 10430, Jakarta, Indonesia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2020;29(5):3013-3021
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ABSTRACT
The development of the plantation sector in Indonesia is overgrowing. Industry, aside from being
an indicator of potential economic activities and employment equity, impacts the environment.
Processing of crude palm oil (CPO) into its derivatives through several stages of the process, sampling
took in each stage of the process and analysis of samples by conventional methods that use chemicals
that produce hazardous waste. The use of near infrared (NIR) in the samples does not require
chemical substances, thereby reducing the amount of hazardous waste and thus causing less negative
environmental impact compared to other analytical methods. Since the NIR analysis method does not
require chemical substances, the timing of analysis becomes faster and more efficient, albeit at relatively
high equipment prices. The purpose of this research is to analyze the effectiveness of NIR used as the
process control. This study uses a statistical method to see the accuracy and precision. The result of this
study show that the NIR analysis can shorten the analysis time compared to the primary standard method
(extraction). With the NIR method, time taken from preparing the samples to data analysis obtained
is ±5 minutes, while with the standard method (extraction) it takes 9.5 hours. This research will be expected
as a literature review or reference in the assessment of the effectiveness of the use of NIR in reducing
waste at various CPO refinery factories in Indonesia. It is expected that the result of this study
is utilized as a stakeholder reference for NIR usage as the control process for environmental
sustainability.