Evaluation of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) as a potential raw material source for briquette production

In the present study we investigated the fuel properties of bio-briquettes made from a combination of water hyacinth and empty fruit bunch fiber (palm oil mill residue). Water hyacinth (WH) was mixed with empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibers in a ratio of 25, 50, 75, 90, and 100% by weight and cassava sta...

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Published in:Energy (Oxford) 2016-09, Vol.111, p.768-773
Main Authors: Rezania, Shahabaldin, Md Din, Mohd Fadhil, Kamaruddin, Siti Fatimah, Taib, Shazwin Mat, Singh, Lakhveer, Yong, Ee Ling, Dahalan, Farrah Aini
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ash content
biomass
Briquette
briquettes
carbon
carbon dioxide
carbon monoxide
cassava starch
coal
Combustion
Eichhornia crassipes
Empty fruit bunch
greenhouse gas emissions
nitric oxide
nitrogen dioxide
oxygen
Proximate analysis
proximate composition
raw materials
sulfur dioxide
water content
Water hyacinth
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Summary:In the present study we investigated the fuel properties of bio-briquettes made from a combination of water hyacinth and empty fruit bunch fiber (palm oil mill residue). Water hyacinth (WH) was mixed with empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibers in a ratio of 25, 50, 75, 90, and 100% by weight and cassava starch added as binder. The experimental results showed that the addition of WH had a little effect (p 
ISSN:0360-5442
DOI:10.1016/j.energy.2016.06.026