Ignition And Burning Rate Of Sheanut Shell Briquettes Produced At Moderate Temperature And Die Pressure
H. F. Olaniyi
Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero.
C.M. Elinge
Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero
Mistura Lawal
Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria
D. D. Jinga
Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria
Keywords: Biomass, Briquettes, Firewood, IGNITION time, Sheanut she
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 briquettes from sheanut shell using a simple extruder briquetting machine. The proximate analysis of the raw and briquetted samples was 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, 22mins to boil 2 liters 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