Clove leaf oil resulting from the distillation process is purified by an adsorption process using natural zeolite as an adsorbent. The briquette requirements during the refining process are 20 kg and 23.5 kg, respectively, for briquettes made with starch and molasses. Clove leaf distillation at a temperature of 200 ☌ and a pressure of 1 atm for 8 h. For comparison, the SNI for briquettes made in Japan, England, and America are 25.121 – 29.307, 30.518 26.084 (MJ/kg) respectively. This calorific value is above the calorific value of SNI briquettes (20.934 MJ/kg). The calorific value of briquettes prepared with starch and molasses adhesives was 28.996 MJ/kg and 27.019 MJ/kg, respectively. These briquettes are made from bagasse with starch and molasses adhesive. In this research, clove leaf distillation uses briquettes made from bagasse with starch and molasses adhesive as fuel.
The simplest way to obtain clove oil is by water and steam distillation, commonly called water and steam distillation.
The critical oil content of cloves is distributed among flowers (15–20%), stems (5–7%), and leaves (1–4%). Clove is a typical Indonesian plant and one of 40 essential oil export commodities.
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