Physical properties of Briquettes based on Charcoal from Selected Biomass
| Main Authors: | Tahir, Dahlang, Gareso, Paulus Lobo, Suriamiharja, Dadang A. |
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| Format: | Article |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2012
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.unhas.ac.id/handle/123456789/2309 |
Daftar Isi:
- Agriculture biomass has the potential to be used as feedstock for biomass production as energy resources in the future. In this study, the physical properties of different kind of biomass based charcoals briquettes with the mixing ratios between the biomass charcoal and binding agents of 90:10, 80:20, and 70:30 was determined. Charcoal of groundnut shell, durian shell, and cassava peel were used to produce briquette biomass based charcoals. The binding agent was found to significantly affect to the physical properties. Moisture, ash, volatile matter and compressive strength increased with increasing the amount of binding agent. The briquettes which have similar properties with the SNI standard are briquette from groundnut shell for lowest (10%) amount of binding agent. The charcoal from groundnut shell had the highest silica content followed by durian shell and cassava peel. As the amount of silica is high, the carbon content and the calorific value also is high. Silica also can be converted to silicate which is high strength material and influenced to the compressive strength of the briquettes.