The Production and Properties of Fuel Briquettes from Animal and Agricultural Bio-Waste to Renewable Energy Source in Rural Community

Authors

  • Rapeepong Peamsuwan 1Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan
  • sindoem deeto Division of Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Agricultural Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna (RMUTL), Tak Campus

Keywords:

Fuel Briquettes, Agricultural Bio-Waste, Rural Communities

Abstract

Biomass energy is a basic energy requirement of rural communities in developing countries. Thailand is an agricultural country that has huge agricultural waste. Bio-waste is of interest, as animal waste (cow dung) and plant waste (rice straw and corncob) are easily found in many areas of Thailand. This research aimed to study the production and properties of bio-waste converted to fuel briquettes as an energy source for cooking fuel. The production results tested the suitable ratio of binders for fuel briquettes with the ratio between starch and water at 4:6 percent by weight. The ratio 2:1:7 cow dung:residue (rice straw, corn cob, rice straw+corn cob):binder with percent by weight was suitable for fuel briquettes which had good shape, smooth surface, strong shape and continuously flowed while extruding them from the fuel briquette machine. The property of fuel briquettes regarding the compressive strength was highest at 1.02±0.12 MPa of cow dung:corncob:binder. The heating value of cow dung:corncob+rice straw:binder was highest at 14.18 MJ/kg. The percentage ash content of cow dung:corncob+rice straw:binder was lowest at 12.95%, and the bulk density of cow dung:corncob+rice straw:binder was highest at 898.24 kg/m3. As a result, these fuel briquettes from bio-waste could be used as an alternative energy source for developing countries. There is potential for it to be a renewable energy source in many parts of Thailand.

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28 December 2021

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Peamsuwan, R. ., & deeto, sindoem. (2021). The Production and Properties of Fuel Briquettes from Animal and Agricultural Bio-Waste to Renewable Energy Source in Rural Community. Journal of Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Technology, 16(2), 56–67. Retrieved from https://ph01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/RAST/article/view/244811

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