Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass

As reported by Malaysia Palm Oil Statistics, the production of palm biomass residues increased significantly from year to year. Thus, the utilization of these residues is very important in order to prevent waste and dump areas adjacent to the palm oil mills. Meanwhile, in order to increase the energ...

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Main Author:	Hasan, Mohd. Faizal
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12205/6/MohdFaizalHasanMFKM2009.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.122052017-09-19T03:04:57Z Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass 2009-11 Hasan, Mohd. Faizal TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery As reported by Malaysia Palm Oil Statistics, the production of palm biomass residues increased significantly from year to year. Thus, the utilization of these residues is very important in order to prevent waste and dump areas adjacent to the palm oil mills. Meanwhile, in order to increase the energy content per unit volume, briquetting technology is expected to fulfill this requirement by compacting biomass residues into form with higher density. In this project, the utilization of empty fruit bunch (EFB) is emphasized in briquette production. It is combined with mesocarp fibre in order to obtain the higher gross calorific value of briquette. The result shows that the briquette contains EFB fibre and mesocarp fibre (weight ratio 60:40) has the compressive strength and combustion characteristics which are competitive with local commercial briquette contains mesocarp fibre and shell (weight ratio 60:40). It is found that combustion rate belongs to briquette containing proposed mixture (EFB and mesocarp fibre) is higher than the rate belongs to another one, if both of them are produced under same compaction pressure. This gives a higher heat release from the combustion of proposed briquette. Besides, all the characteristics belong to briquette contains new mixture are found to be close to the minimum requirement for making commercial briquette which stated by DIN 51731. 2009-11 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12205/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12205/6/MohdFaizalHasanMFKM2009.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Hasan, Mohd. Faizal Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass
description	As reported by Malaysia Palm Oil Statistics, the production of palm biomass residues increased significantly from year to year. Thus, the utilization of these residues is very important in order to prevent waste and dump areas adjacent to the palm oil mills. Meanwhile, in order to increase the energy content per unit volume, briquetting technology is expected to fulfill this requirement by compacting biomass residues into form with higher density. In this project, the utilization of empty fruit bunch (EFB) is emphasized in briquette production. It is combined with mesocarp fibre in order to obtain the higher gross calorific value of briquette. The result shows that the briquette contains EFB fibre and mesocarp fibre (weight ratio 60:40) has the compressive strength and combustion characteristics which are competitive with local commercial briquette contains mesocarp fibre and shell (weight ratio 60:40). It is found that combustion rate belongs to briquette containing proposed mixture (EFB and mesocarp fibre) is higher than the rate belongs to another one, if both of them are produced under same compaction pressure. This gives a higher heat release from the combustion of proposed briquette. Besides, all the characteristics belong to briquette contains new mixture are found to be close to the minimum requirement for making commercial briquette which stated by DIN 51731.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Hasan, Mohd. Faizal
author_facet	Hasan, Mohd. Faizal
author_sort	Hasan, Mohd. Faizal
title	Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass
title_short	Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass
title_full	Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass
title_fullStr	Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass
title_full_unstemmed	Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass
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Physical and combustion characteristics of densified palm biomass

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