Potential of bamboo species for the production of briquettes

Brand, Martha Andréia; Balduino, Ailton Leonel; Nones, Daniela Letícia; Gaa, Angela Zakostelsky Neves

doi:10.1590/1983-40632019v4954178

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“…Others other than wood types may also be valid for such purposes [8]. Various species of Miscanthus and bamboo have great potential for bioenergy production due to high yield, high cellulose and hemicellulose content, high calorific value and low ash content [6,25]. Additionally, waste biomass from harvesting lines (poppy, oat, wheat and rice hulls) or corn waste can be used as raw materials for briquette production [8,26,27].…”

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Decision Support System for the Production of Miscanthus and Willow Briquettes

Francik

Knapczyk

Knapczyk³

et al. 2020

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The biomass is regarded as a part of renewable energy sources (RES), which can satisfy energy demands. Biomass obtained from plantations is characterized by low bulk density, which increases transport and storage costs. Briquetting is a technology that relies on pressing biomass with the aim of obtaining a denser product (briquettes). In the production of solid biofuels, the technological as well as material variables significantly influence the densification process, and as a result influence the end quality of briquette. This process progresses differently for different materials. Therefore, the optimal selection of process’ parameters is very difficult. It is necessary to use a decision support tool—decision support system (DSS). The purpose of the work was to develop a decision support system that would indicate the optimal parameters for conducting the process of producing Miscanthus and willow briquettes (pre-comminution, milling and briquetting), briquette parameters (durability and specific density) and total energy consumption based on process simulation. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) were used to describe the relationship between individual parameters of the briquette production process. DSS has the form of a web application and is opened from a web browser (it is possible to open it on various types of devices). The modular design allows the modification and expansion the application in the future.

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Decision Support System for the Production of Miscanthus and Willow Briquettes

Francik

Knapczyk

Knapczyk³

et al. 2020

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“…As a biofuel, studies have proven the potential of bamboo species in the production of pellets and briquettes (SETTE JR. et al, 2016;SETTE JR. et al, 2017;BRAND et al, 2019), and in energy production as fresh material and as coal SETTE JR. et al, 2017). Despite these studies with some species, scientific knowledge is still limited when it regards the diversity of existing bamboo FLORESTA, Curitiba, PR, v. 51, n. 1, p. 201-210, jan/mar 2021.…”

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“…According to the SAA Resolution 10 (December 14, 2015) of the State of São Paulo, for domestic use (barbecue), bamboo must generate charcoal with high levels of fixed carbon and bulk density, and reduced levels of moisture content and ashes (SÃO PAULO, 2015). For briquetting, bamboo must produce compacts with low moisture content and high bulk density (BRAND et al, 2019).…”

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ENERGETIC POTENTIAL OF Phyllostachys bambusoides AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF BIOMASS

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Friederichs³

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In Brazil, Phyllostachys bambusoides has been used for the manufacture of laminated bamboo products and landscaping. However, studies of its energy quality are rare. Thus, this study aimed to determine the energetic quality of Phyllostachys bambusoides for the use of stems in the fresh form (chips) for direct burning, as charcoal and as briquettes. Its energy potential was also determined by mass and energy balance for each solid biofuel (chips, briquettes, and charcoal). The analyzes were carried out on five individuals (shoots) at 3 years of age, collected at experimental plantations in Frei Rogério, SC. In the stems the newly collected moisture was determined; specific gravity; chemical composition; immediate analysis and higher calorific value. In laboratory charcoal, gravimetric yield, apparent relative density, immediate analysis, and higher calorific value were determined. The briquettes, made in the laboratory, were evaluated through their apparent density and compressive strength. For the stems, charcoal, and briquettes the energy density was calculated and a flowchart composed of the mass balance was calculated and the thermal energy production potential for each 100 kg of biomass used in the production of each biofuel analyzed was calculated. The energy density of stems (1.87 Gcal.m-3), charcoal (2.60 Gcal.m-3), and briquettes (4.68 Gcal.m-3) varied significantly. The highest useful energy potential can be obtained from briquettes (0.304 Gcal), charcoal (0.184 Gcal) followed by stems (0.168 Gcal) for each 100 kg of bamboo harvested with a mean moisture content of 35%.

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“…Bamboo is a rapidly grown agricultural crop from the family of grasses (Bhardwaj 2019), in the world 1,439 species of bamboos were catalogued, distributed in 116 genera (BPG 2012) and more than four thousand utilities (Pereira and Beraldo, 2016), two of them are the production of pulp and paper, especially on the Asian continent (Yang et al 2008;Batalha et al 2012;Borges et al 2018;Bhardwaj 2019). Bamboo species are considered ideal crops for the rural development in developing countries (Brant et al 2019), in Brazil, the cost of wood is increasing, mainly due to the high price of land (Batalha et al 2012), so the replacement of wood by a fast-growing and short cutting cycle crop, such as bamboo, can cheapen the price of several forest products, such as cellulose and paper.…”

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“…The recognition of the great industrial potential of bamboos was not sufficient to create a considerable use of these species in Brazil, especially due to the lack of technical knowledge about them. In order to change this situation and stimulate the study, the cultivation and the use of bamboos in Brazil, the National Policy for the Incentive of Bamboo M anagement and Cultivation was established in 2011 (Do Vale et al 2017;Sette Junior, 2017;Brant et al 2019), instituted by Law number 12,484 /2011 (Brasil 2011).…”

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Bamboo kraft pulping

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Despite of the wide use worldwide, the industrial potential of bamboo species in Brazil is not much investigated. However, some encouragement to revert this situation was created in last few years. The aim of this research was to evaluate the technological characteristics of the Bambusa vulgaris biomass for the production of pulp by the kraft process. The technological characteristics of the raw material were determined by the basic density, the chemical composition and the morphology of the fibers. The cooking process was carried out with the application of eight charges of active alkali, in 90 minutes of heating time and 60 minutes in the maximum temperature of 170ºC. All analyzes were also executed with the Eucalyptus spp. and the Pinus spp., in order to make a complete comparison among the species Bambusa vulgaris and the two most used raw materials for the pulp production in Brazil. The Bambusa vulgaris presented a higher basic density, lower holocellulose content and a higher total extractive content. Its fibers have intermediate length and wall thickness, similar to the Eucalyptus spp. and the Pinus spp. Considering the kraft pulping process, the species Bambusa vulgaris demonstrated to be easier to delignify besides presenting almost zero reject content and smaller consumption of active alkali. However, the Eucalyptus spp. and the Pinus spp. obtained the best yields, the lowest specific consumption of raw material and better selectivities.

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Potential of bamboo species for the production of briquettes

Cited by 13 publications

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Decision Support System for the Production of Miscanthus and Willow Briquettes

Decision Support System for the Production of Miscanthus and Willow Briquettes

ENERGETIC POTENTIAL OF Phyllostachys bambusoides AS AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF BIOMASS

Bamboo kraft pulping

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