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Ignition and Burning Rate of Sheanut Shell Briquettes Produced at Moderate Temperature and Die Pressure

American Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Vol.1 , No. 3, Publication Date: Sep. 3, 2018, Page: 145-149

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[1]	Elinge Cosmas Moki, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria.
[2]	Birnin Yauri Umar Abubakar, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria.
[3]	Muhammad Aminu Bayewa, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria.
[4]	Musa Mu’azu, Energy Research Centre, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Sokoto State, Nigeria.

Abstract

Energy availability is a crucial requirement to societal development. In an effort to provide a cheap firewood alternative to the rural households in Nigeria, this study was carried out to produce biomass briquette from sheanut shell using a simple extruder briquetting machine. The proximate analysis of the raw and briquetted samples were carried out and were found that these properties were improved as a result of briquetting. The density was found to be 0.46g/cm³ and the compressive strength was 2120Mpa while the ignition time was 1.70mm/s and the afterglow time was 38sec. It took 1kg of the briquette, 22 mins to boil 2 litres of water while it took kerosene 16mins to boil the same quantity of water. The efficiency based on kerosene was 73.58% which indicates that this agro-waste residue is a good resource for biomass briquetting.

Keywords

Biomass, Briquettes, Firewood, Ignition Time, Sheanut Shell

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