The effect of grain size on the compressive strength of canary shell bio-briquette

• Main Authors: Asmiani, Nur, Widodo, Sri, Sanjaya, Bayu, Nawir, Alfian, Jafar, Nurliah, Thamsi, Alam B.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Briquets; Coal; Composition; Compressive strength; Energy consumption; Grain size; Mesh generation; Tapioca
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0145939

Needs and energy consumption which focused on fuel use increases with increasing human population and reserve is decreasing. While on the other hand there are a number of bio-mass are quite abundant in quantity but not yet optimized its use. One of them, namely the canary shell as one of the substitute fuels growing days decreased. This research aims to produce canary shell briquettes with a good compressive strength. The canary shell in combine with coal will be processed in such a way as to become a briquette. The process of making briquettes using coal or canary shell composition: water: tapioca flour (250 gr: 50 gr: 100 ml), with the main ingredients of the sample canary shell or coal that is 100%, 50%: 50%, and 75%: 25% the size of grains of each use 28 mesh, mesh 65 and 80 mesh. From the results of this research obtained in grain size 28 mesh produced briquettes with compressive strength is best in composition 100% canary shell with a value of 9.196 Kg/cm2, whereas for grain size 65 mesh generated briquette with the canary most good 9.717 Kg/cm2, and grain size to 80 mesh produced briquettes with compressive strength is the best 10.110 Kg/cm2.