Abstract :
Indonesia as a country with increasing population growyh has resulted in the
increasing need for food consumption. Various circles of society need fuel oil,
including farmers who need fuel oil in the form of diesel fuel which is used as fuel
for the power tiller to plow the land that will be cultivated. This study aims to
determine the performance of the powertiller and the efficient use of fuel using
three different types of fuel, namely biodiesel, pertamina dex, and biosolar. The
testing were carried out by performing soil processing performance using the
moldboard plow and land leveler implement. From the testing, the best
performance was obtained using Pertmina dex fuel with moldboard plow
implement by KKa value of 0.055 ha/hour and 0.166 ha/hour for the land leveler
implement. Biodiesel fuels were the efficient one. It based on the testing that used
the moldboard plow implement by FC value of 0.908 L/hr, and land leveler
implement by FC value of 1.113 L/hr of.
Keywords: biodiesel, biosolar, pertamina dex, the powertiller.