Bamboo Fiber and Sugarcane Skin as a Bio-Briquette Fuel

Energies

Anna Brunerová¹  Milan Brožek¹  Hynek Roubík² 

[1] Faculty of Engineering, Department of Material Science and Manufacturing Technology, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic;Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Department of Sustainable Technologies, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic;

关键词: waste biomass;    Vietnam;    solid biofuel;    calorific value;    mechanical durability;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en11092186

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The present study deals with the issue of bio-briquette fuel produced from specific agriculture residues, namely bamboo fiber (BF) and sugarcane skin (SCS). Both materials originated from Thừa Thiên Huế province in central Vietnam and were subjected to analysis of their suitability for such a purpose. A densification process using a high-pressure briquetting press proved its practicability for producing bio-briquette fuel. Analysis of fuel parameters exhibited a satisfactory level of all measured quality indicators: ash content Ac (BF—1.16%, SCS—8.62%) and net calorific value NCV (BF—16.92 MJ∙kg−1, SCS—17.23 MJ∙kg−1). Equally, mechanical quality indicators also proved satisfactory; bio-briquette samples’ mechanical durability DU occurred at an extremely high level (BF—97.80%, SCS—97.70%), as did their bulk density ρ (BF—986.37 kg·m−3, SCS—1067.08 kg·m−3). Overall evaluation of all observed results and factors influencing the investigated issue proved that both waste biomass materials, bamboo fiber and sugarcane skin, represent suitable feedstock materials for bio-briquette fuel production, and produced bio-briquette samples can be used as high-quality fuels.

【 授权许可】

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