Early Study Of Magnetic Permeability And Magnetic Susceptibility Of Peat In Ogan Komering Ilir, South Sumatera, Indonesia

Increasing peat fire in Indonesia have encouraged government or research institutes to develop an early warning system. This system needs various parameters in order to have an accurate result. Magnetic permeability and susceptibility are the physical properties of peat which expected to support this system. Field and laboratory measurements were conducted to determine the relationship between the peat temperature rise and the physical properties of the peat. A total of 30 samples was collected from Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) Regency, South Sumatera, Indonesia. Each sample was tested with a temperature rise of 20 degrees C until reach the convergent temperature. Statistical analysis were then performed. The results show that the magnetic permeability correlate with the peat temperature but the coefficient of the linear regression model is very small, with the constanta of 1.0022 from the linear regression model. In addition, magnetic susceptibility have a small correlation and a small determination coefficient with temperature. Therefore, it indicates that magnetic susceptibility can't support this system.