Using Multisample Refractometer to Determine the Sugar Content of Sugarcane Juice in Sugar Factory Besuki

Abstract

The queue for transporting sugar cane from rice fields in sugar mills is very long and requires a long time. This creates a shortage of funds and time because workers must be in the queue. The need for rapid measurement in sugar cane at the sugar factory is expected to provide a solution to the problem. In this study we introduced a measurement system using multisample that can be measured simultaneously. The measurement system consists of three glass prisms, three photodiode array sensors, a multiplexer and ADC, and a computer. The measurement system in this study was used to measure the concentration of sugar from concentrations of 0, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30%. The results showed that the measurements went well, because all the results of the measurement measurements on the monitor screen. The measurement system can manage each measurement directly using three samples at a time. In this way the measurement takes place faster.