The Effects of Briquetting Pressure on Banana-Peel Briquette and the Banana Waste in Northern Thailand

Wilaipon, Patomsok

doi:10.3844/ajassp.2009.167.171

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“…The carbon content of biomass is important because the content is proportional to the energy potential of the biomass fuel or to the high heating value. Other studied biomasses presented similar carbon content, such as corncob, with 40.5% , and banana peel, with 41.5% . The hydrogen content was similar to those found in rice husk briquettes with 5.8% .…”

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confidence: 76%

“…. The moisture content of waste and briquettes used in this study were within the ideal moisture range for the briquetting of biomass with 8 to 15% moisture, as described in literature . Excessive moisture can cause explosion due to the formation of steam during the briquetting process.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…The high heating value as well as the thermal conductivity of the biomass decrease as the moisture content increases . It is recommendable to dry the biomass if the moisture content is above 15% before the briquetting process.…”

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Characterization and production of banana crop and rice processing waste briquettes

Maia

Oliveira

et al. 2017

Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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With the purpose of adding value to the waste of banana crop and rice processing, banana leaves and pseudostem, and rice husk were prepared and characterized through proximate and ultimate chemical analyses, high heating value (HHV), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The prepared waste was then compacted into briquettes in a hydraulic press at 18 MPa for 1 s. The resulting briquettes were characterized through the same analyses used in waste and through mechanical compressive strength. The waste moisture content, between 8 and 15%, were adequate for briquetting and combustion. The briquettes exhibited the maximum energy release under combustion at temperatures that were lower than the waste's. The rice husk and its briquettes had a lower energy release in comparison with the other waste. The HHV of the waste ranged from 15 to 18 MJ/kg. The compaction of the waste resulted in an increase of the HHV for the rice husk and the briquettes presented the highest compressive strength: 19 MPa. From these three waste samples that were studied, the banana leaves presented the best features, properties, and potential for generating energy as briquettes. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 37: 1266–1273, 2018

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Characterization and production of banana crop and rice processing waste briquettes

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Oliveira

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“…A number of studies have been conducted to establish the best way to harness energy from banana waste. For instance, banana wastes have been used to make briquettes that store energy for further uses in industrial and domestic heating [98, 149, 183]. In a separate study, Tock et al [163] applied direct combustion of pseudo-stems and leaves to generate heat energy.…”

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Biomass waste-to-energy valorisation technologies: a review case for banana processing in Uganda

Gumisiriza

Hawumba

Okure

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Biotechnol Biofuels

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BackgroundUganda’s banana industry is heavily impeded by the lack of cheap, reliable and sustainable energy mainly needed for processing of banana fruit into pulp and subsequent drying into chips before milling into banana flour that has several uses in the bakery industry, among others. Uganda has one of the lowest electricity access levels, estimated at only 2–3% in rural areas where most of the banana growing is located. In addition, most banana farmers have limited financial capacity to access modern solar energy technologies that can generate sufficient energy for industrial processing. Besides energy scarcity and unreliability, banana production, marketing and industrial processing generate large quantities of organic wastes that are disposed of majorly by unregulated dumping in places such as swamps, thereby forming huge putrefying biomass that emit green house gases (methane and carbon dioxide). On the other hand, the energy content of banana waste, if harnessed through appropriate waste-to-energy technologies, would not only solve the energy requirement for processing of banana pulp, but would also offer an additional benefit of avoiding fossil fuels through the use of renewable energy.Main bodyThe potential waste-to-energy technologies that can be used in valorisation of banana waste can be grouped into three: Thermal (Direct combustion and Incineration), Thermo-chemical (Torrefaction, Plasma treatment, Gasification and Pyrolysis) and Biochemical (Composting, Ethanol fermentation and Anaerobic Digestion). However, due to high moisture content of banana waste, direct application of either thermal or thermo-chemical waste-to-energy technologies is challenging. Although, supercritical water gasification does not require drying of feedstock beforehand and can be a promising thermo-chemical technology for gasification of wet biomass such as banana waste, it is an expensive technology that may not be adopted by banana farmers in Uganda. Biochemical conversion technologies are reported to be more eco-friendly and appropriate for waste biomass with high moisture content such as banana waste.ConclusionUganda’s banana industrialisation is rural based with limited technical knowledge and economic capability to setup modern solar technologies and thermo-conversions for drying banana fruit pulp. This review explored the advantages of various waste-to-energy technologies as well as their shortfalls. Anaerobic digestion stands out as the most feasible and appropriate waste-to-energy technology for solving the energy scarcity and waste burden in banana industry. Finally, potential options for the enhancement of anaerobic digestion of banana waste were also elucidated.

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“…Utilization of coffee fruit waste biomass as a feedstock for bio-briquette production in Indonesia was described in the study by Suryaningsih et al [42]. The production of banana fruit waste biomass bio-briquettes was investigated in studies performed in Thailand with satisfactory results [45,46]. Information about rambutan fruit waste biomass kind (utilization and energy production) Current available literature discusses the possibility of reusing various fruit waste biomass kinds for production of solid biofuels, i.e., bio-briquettes and bio-pellets, intended for direct combustion.…”

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Potential of Tropical Fruit Waste Biomass for Production of Bio-Briquette Fuel: Using Indonesia as an Example

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Within developing countries, there is an appeal to use waste biomass for energy generation in the form of bio-briquettes. This study investigated the potential use of bio-briquettes that are produced from the waste biomass of the following tropical fruits: durian (Durio zibethinus), coconut (Cocos nucifera), coffee (Coffea arabica), cacao (Theobroma cacao), banana (Musa acuminata) and rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum). All fruit waste biomass samples exhibited an extremely high level of initial moisture content (78.22% in average). Fruit samples with the highest proportion of fruit waste biomass (of total unprocessed fruit mass) were represented by cacao (83.82%), durian (62.56%) and coconut (56.83%). Highest energy potentials (calorific value) of fruit waste biomass were observed in case of coconut (18.22 MJ·kg −1 ), banana (17.79 MJ·kg −1 ) and durian (17.60 MJ·kg −1 ) fruit samples, whereas fruit waste biomass with the lowest level of ash content originated from the rambutan (3.67%), coconut (4.52%), and durian (5.05%) fruit samples. When investigating the energy demands to produce bio-briquettes from such feedstock materials, the best results (lowest amount of required deformation energy in combination with highest level of bio-briquette bulk density) were achieved by the rambutan, durian and banana fruit waste biomass samples. Finally, all investigated bio-briquette samples presented satisfactory levels of bulk density (>1050 kg·m −3 ). In conclusion, our results indicated the practicability and viability of such bio-briquette fuel production, as well as supporting the fact that bio-briquettes from tropical fruit waste biomass can offer a potentially attractive energy source with many benefits, especially in rural areas.

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The Effects of Briquetting Pressure on Banana-Peel Briquette and the Banana Waste in Northern Thailand

Cited by 66 publications

References 17 publications

Characterization and production of banana crop and rice processing waste briquettes

Characterization and production of banana crop and rice processing waste briquettes

Biomass waste-to-energy valorisation technologies: a review case for banana processing in Uganda

Potential of Tropical Fruit Waste Biomass for Production of Bio-Briquette Fuel: Using Indonesia as an Example

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