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Development and characterisation of charcoal briquettes from water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)-molasses blend
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 11, p e0207135 (2018), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018.
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Abstract
- Charcoal briquettes are inexpensive solid fuels made from carbonized biomass. The potential of converting water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) charcoal into briquettes with molasses as binder was investigated in this study. Dried water hyacinth was carbonized at a temperature between 350°C to 500°C in a fabricated fine biomass carbonizer. A solution containing 80% by weight molasses was used in the production of briquettes having different charcoal/molasses ratios of 40:60, 30:70, and 20:80. Each briquette was characterized in terms of bulk density, calorific value, compressive strength, proximate analysis and micro-structure by Scanning Electron Microscopy. Charcoal briquettes were tested for their flammable characteristics through their burning rates and ignition time. Altering the molasses to charcoal ratio affected the quality and characteristics of the briquettes. Volatile combustible matter and fixed carbon increased with increasing amount of binder while ash content decreased. The 30:70 charcoal/molasses ratio produced the highest calorific value (16.6 MJ/kg) and compressive strength (19.1 kg/cm2). The results have shown the potential of converting water hyacinth into an alternative fuel source.
- Subjects :
- Eichhornia crassipes
Time Factors
Calorific Value
Combustion
Biomass
lcsh:Medicine
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Exothermic Reactions
Physical Chemistry
01 natural sciences
Starches
Materials Testing
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Molasses
Electron Microscopy
Charcoal
lcsh:Science
Materials
Microscopy
Multidisciplinary
biology
Organic Compounds
Chemistry
Carbonization
Hyacinth
Temperature
Chemical Reactions
Eukaryota
Plants
Pulp and paper industry
Eichhornia
visual_art
Physical Sciences
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Engineering and Technology
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Research Article
Briquette
020209 energy
Materials Science
Carbohydrates
Fuels
Research and Analysis Methods
Fires
Surface Water
Binders
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Cassava
Organic Chemistry
lcsh:R
Chemical Compounds
Organisms
Biology and Life Sciences
biology.organism_classification
Solid fuel
Carbon
Energy and Power
Chemical Properties
Biofuels
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Earth Sciences
Heat of combustion
lcsh:Q
Shrubs
Hydrology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ebb6fb1369cfac1484c9cea712351d07