Scale up of Panel Assembly for Moss Rooftop Greening Material (Sphagnum sp.) Using Dimensional Analysis

Abstract

The research of moss greening material (Sphagnum sp.) as a rooftop panel is prior to commercial industry. Scale up of production must be prepared for maintaining quality of product through. Production system of moss greening panel consists of aquaculture and panel assembly process. This paper highlighted scale up of panel assembly using dimensional analysis. It is a method based on the principle of geometric similarity which were used in scale up of aquaculture process. Subsequently, it is used as a basic assumption to design an analog models in panel assembly process. The research aims are: 1) To design an analog models in scale up of panel assembly process based on scale up of aquaculture process; 2) To identify the critical variables in the scale up of panel assembly process. Research results concluded that an analog model can be designed for panel assembly. Critical variables was identified and calculated in scale up of panel assembly process by increasing length of panel were air flow rate (v), mass of dry moss (m), width of panel (l), and thickness of panel (t).