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        "id": 1874322,
        "msgid": "ui-academic-turns-livestock-waste-into-battery-making-material-1784710599",
        "date": "2026-07-22 14:45:59",
        "title": "UI academic turns livestock waste into battery-making material",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "A researcher at the University of Indonesia has developed an AI-powered pyrolysis reactor that converts sheep manure into high-quality biochar for use in electric vehicle batteries and other advanced electronic components. The innovation aims to support the circular economy by turning an environmental problem into a valuable carbon material, reducing reliance on imported graphite. The system integrates digital twin technology and neural networks to ensure consistent quality and energy-efficient production.",
        "content": "<p>University of Indonesia (UI) academic Dr Illa Rizianiza has developed\nan intelligent pyrolysis reactor based on artificial intelligence (AI)\ncapable of converting livestock waste into high-quality biochar, an\nadvanced material for manufacturing batteries and future electronic\ncomponents. \u201cThis innovation opens up opportunities for utilising local\nbiomass to support the development of electric vehicle (EV) battery\ncomponents, supercapacitors, precision sensors, and future\nenvironmentally friendly energy storage devices,\u201d Illa Rizianiza said at\nthe UI Campus in Depok, West Java, on Wednesday. For local farmers,\nsheep manure waste that previously had no value now has the potential to\nbecome a new economic commodity supporting the implementation of a\ncircular economy. She said that through this research, her team wanted\nto demonstrate that livestock waste can not only be addressed as an\nenvironmental problem but can also be processed into high-value carbon\nmaterials that support the development of future energy and electronic\ntechnology. Technically, the research\u2019s advantage lies in the\nintegration of Digital Twin technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics\n(CFD), and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) into the intelligent\npyrolysis reactor. The AI-based system is capable of monitoring reactor\nconditions in real time, predicting temperature changes, and\nautomatically controlling the pyrolysis process. As a result, the\nquality of the biochar obtained remains consistent, the production\nprocess becomes far more efficient, and energy consumption can be\nreduced through waste heat recovery from an internal combustion engine.\nThe research conducted by the UI academic comes as an answer to the high\nglobal demand for graphene and advanced carbon materials. Currently,\nglobal industry remains heavily dependent on non-renewable mined\ngraphite, which requires high-energy purification processes. Meanwhile,\nthe accumulation of sheep manure waste continues to increase and\npotentially pollutes the environment if not managed properly. Through a\nslow pyrolysis method, the carbon structure of sheep manure was\nsuccessfully converted into biochar with graphene-like carbon\ncharacteristics. The development of this innovation has a dual impact on\nthe industrial sector and society. For the industrial sector, this\nresearch provides a competitive alternative advanced carbon raw material\nto reduce dependence on imports. Dean of the UI Faculty of Engineering,\nProf Kemas Ridwan Kurniawan, said this research demonstrates how an\nengineering approach can transform waste into high-value materials.\nInnovations like this are highly relevant to efforts to strengthen the\ncircular economy, technological independence, and the sustainable\nutilisation of local resources.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ui-academic-turns-livestock-waste-into-battery-making-material-1784710599",
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