Karanggintung Village, Central Java, witnessed the Si Perapih Bio Team successfully creating a project that would lead the team to receive funding in the Innovillage 2024 activity. Starting from concerns about the impact of the greenhouse effect, the Si Perapih Bio Team was motivated to participate in preventing more serious effects.

Adithana Dharma Putra (Bachelor of Informatics), Haposan Felix Marcel Siregar (Bachelor of Informatics), and Ervan Hapiz (Bachelor of Informatics) felt that greenhouse gas prevention, especially in the rural livestock sector, was still lacking. This team, along with Mr. Dimas Fanny Hebrasianto Permadi, S.ST., M.Kom. as the supervisor, conducted a survey in Karanggintung Village, at a farm named Komugi Lestari which houses 54 cows.

The problem faced by this farm is that the biogas processing system has not been running effectively. The fact is that the cows on this farm can produce up to 157 tons of manure every year, which has the potential to pollute nearby water sources and cause unpleasant odors.

In the initial stage, the Si Perapih Bio Team designed a tool that can process cow dung waste while simultaneously monitoring every process. This tool is designed to work automatically in managing the waste. By using solar panels as the main energy source and IoT technology as the control system, the team created a device that can flow cow dung directly from the stable to the biogas reactor. Furthermore, so that farmers can easily monitor the processing, this device is equipped with various sensors whose information can be accessed via a website.

The way this tool works is that the system will receive commands from the website, which can be accessed via a computer or smartphone, containing instructions to turn on the water pump. When the pump is activated, the manure will be pushed by water towards the drainage channel. This channel then flows the manure into the biogas reactor. The methane gas produced from the manure will be temporarily stored inside this reactor, and its concentration level will be continuously monitored.

With the presence of this device, farmers can more easily manage their livestock business. Furthermore, the Si Perapih Bio team hopes this tool can become an attraction for millennial generation farmers to participate in developing the livestock sector in Indonesia, especially in the Banyumas region, Central Java.

Come on, watch the following video to see the journey of the team members in developing this project with full enthusiasm and dedication!