Some Properties of Briquettes Produced from Sawdust and Different Binders using a Fabricated Hydraulic Piston Press

Abstract

Abstract

This paper describes a fabricated briquettes hydraulic piston press and some properties of the briquettes produced from sawdust when it was used. The press consists of three basic components: the main frame, the mold and a hydraulic jack fitted with pressure gauge. The parts are readily available in Nigeria and relatively cheap. The piston press was used to produce briquettes at 120 bar compaction pressure using composite sawdust and different cassava based binders. The sawdust particle sizes were also varied. Both, the density and the ash content of the briquettes produced were found be dependent on the sawdust particle size. The flue gas emission from the combustion of sawdust briquettes was found to contain 18.6–56.5 ppm of carbon monoxide (CO), 0.19–0.8 ppm of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and 0.01–0.54 ppm of hydrogen sulphide (H₂S). These properties make the briquettes suitable for domestic cooking and possibly for industrial heating.

Keywords: Sawdust, briquettes, hydraulic piston press, biomass waste, air pollutants

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Daniel Christopher Ini, Ayoade Kuye. Some Properties of Briquettes Produced from Sawdust and Different Binders using a Fabricated Hydraulic Piston Press. Journal of Alternate Energy Sources and Technologies. 2017; 8(2): 17–23p.