The adverse effect of the use of fossil fuels on the environment and public health has given rise to a sustained renewable energy research and development. An important component of global renewable energy mix is the use of loose biomass, including a...
The densification of raw material into fuel briquettes is one of the routes to convert biomass into energy. This method provides uniformity to the solid fuel, better physical and energy properties, facilitating its storage and transport, in addition...
An agricultural waste-based source of energy in the form of briquettes from rice husk has emerged as an alternative energy source. However, rice husk-based briquette has a low bulk density and moisture content, resulting in low durability. This study...
A technical and socio-economic feasibility study of biomass briquette production was performed in Iloilo City, Philippines, by integrating a registered group of the informal sector. The study has shown that the simulated production of biomass briquet...
Worldwide, different strategies are being developed in order to ensure optimum conditions for the development and growth of economic competitiveness, as well as for increasing the quality of life and environmental protection. All these strategies are...
Iron ore-carbon briquette is often used as the feed material in the production of sponge iron via coal-based direct reduction processes. In this article, an experimental and simulation study on the reduction behavior of a briquette that is made by he...
Lignin isolated from black liquor waste was studied in this research to be utilized as binderless, all-lignin briquette, with a calorific value in the range of 5670–5876 kcal/kg. Isolation of lignin from black liquor was conducted using the aci...
Nitrocellulose (NC) is a conservative material that is used in a variety of applications, such as coating agents, biodegradable plastics, and propellant main charge. Nitrocellulose raw materials are easily obtained from lignocellulose sources, most n...
Biomass burning is an important source of brown carbon (BrC) which poses high-risk threats to human health and the environment. In this study, bio-coal briquette (coal mixed with biomass), a promising solid fuel for residential combustion, is proven...
An alternative to plant biomass of various origins are forest logging residues. They differ significantly from other, previously used plant materials. This difference is due to the heterogeneous composition and relatively large size of individual par...
X-ray technology is capable of non-destructively testing solid wood samples. The prepared wood briquette samples were identified by X-ray technology. The studies assessed the effect of biomass briquette structure by observing wood chip fractions unde...
Biomass briquettes are an environmentally friendly fuel and have extensive utilization prospects. Compaction pressure is a crucial factor during the production of biomass briquettes, affecting its densification and subsequent potassium release behavi...
Briquetting is a compaction technology that has been used for many years to produce raw materials that are uniform in size and moisture content and are easy to process, transport and store. The physical and chemical properties of the raw material and...
This study evaluated the technical and economic viability of a household scale composite briquette project. The objectives were to assess the quality of briquettes, estimate the cost of production, and determine the feasibility of the project. Brique...
This study describes the exploitation of wood waste (Pinus spp.) in the form of sawdust and shavings generated during the production of furniture and artisanal items in a community in the state of Michoacán, western Mexico. A process is descri...
Recently, the global population has increased sharply, unfortunately, the availability of fossil fuel resources has significantly decreased. This phenomenon has become an attractive issue for many researchers in the world so that various studies in t...
This study presents an industrial technology for producing multi-component wood briquettes with controlled raw material dosing, homogenization, and an integrated ATEX-oriented safety architecture. The process enables independent control of three raw...
Due to the more and more serious cyanobacteria bloom problem, it is particularly urgent to find a technology suitable for large-scale disposal and the efficient recovery of abundant nitrogen and phosphorus resources in cyanobacteria. The combination...
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“replacing coal with biomass briquette fuel” can effectively reduce carbon emissions. This study takes this as an example to discuss consumers’ “willingness to consume (WTC)”, “willingness to spend (WTS)” and...
Rock bursts and coal and gas outbursts are geodynamic disasters in underground coal mines. Laboratory testing of raw coal samples is the dominant research method for disaster prediction. However, the reliability of the experimental data is low due to...
This paper presents the results of optimizing the physicochemical properties of microsilica-based composite briquettes for metallurgical-grade silicon production. Microsilica, a waste product of silicon production, contains a sufficiently high amount...
NPK fertilizer briquettes (NPKBriq) and organically enhanced N fertilizer (OENF), as newly developed fertilizer products, are reported to increase maize (Zea mays L.) yield and N use efficiency, but their effects on maize grain composition are unknow...
The application of carbon composite briquette (CCB) is considered to be an efficient method for achieving low-energy and low-CO2-emission blast furnace (BF) operations. In this research, a combined experimental and numerical study was conducted on th...
High-temperature quench method, scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and thermodynamic analysis were adopted to study the effects of Fe2O3 on reduction process of Cr-containing solid waste self-reduction briquette (C...
Charging biochar composite briquettes (BCBs) and the injection of hydrogen-rich gas into the blast furnace (BF) are two efficient methods for reducing CO2 emission in BF ironmaking. This study investigated the reaction behavior of BCBs under a hydrog...
The tannery industry is renowned for the huge amount of toxic solid and liquid waste generated from the cleaning, fleshing, splitting, tanning, shaving and buffing of raw materials. Biomass briquettes are a proven way of generating energy from waste....
The influence of the briquetting process on SO2 and NO release characteristics, combustion properties and kinetic characteristics during biomass combustion was investigated. Two biomass (Wheat straw and Tree bulk) and two obtained briquettes were ana...
This study presents the results of a comprehensive study on various agglomeration methods and binder types for producing briquettes from raw materials. Also, this research focuses on one of the major issues in the production of extrusion briquettes,...
One of the options for reducing harmful emissions in the production of heat energy is the use of biomass, including in combination with industrial waste (for instance, coal and coke dust). Recent studies demonstrate that a mix of biomass and coal mak...
The main energy used today is fossil energy which is decreasing and cannot be replaced. Meanwhile, the Indonesian people themselves are facing a problem as well as a great opportunity, namely, plastic waste and the potential of use rice husks, respec...
The aim of this paper is to carry out a rheological study of the pressing of pine wood sawdust, after which obtaining briquettes from the same wood material with a hydraulic installation and analyzing their properties. In order to know the rheologica...
The combustion of briquettes made from organic and industrial residues in small boilers requires researchers to consider the characteristics of this type of fuel and methods of its combustion. For the efficient combustion of fuel briquettes, a layere...
The development and utilization of wood briquettes is one of the efforts to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, including to fulfill overseas market need. This study aimed to evaluate the properties of wood briquettes made of the branches of three man...
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 th...
When the briquetting process of fine-grained material takes place in the roller press unit, the pressure reached is over a hundred megapascals. This parameter is a result, among other factors, of the geometry of a compaction unit and also the propert...
The particle size of coal particles is an important factor affecting the physical and mechanical properties of coal. In this study, uniaxial and triaxial compression tests were conducted to investigate the effects of coal particle size on the physica...
In order to study the effects of different compression loads on the pore characteristics of coal, taking remolded coal as the research object, the mercury intrusion method was used to determine the pore structures of the briquettes under the compress...
High reactivity coke is beneficial for achieving low carbon emission blast furnace ironmaking. Therefore, the preparation of highly reactive ferro-coke has aroused widespread attention. However, the effects of the particle size of iron ore on the pyr...
The tea industry in Kenya is among the main consumers of firewood for its intensive thermal energy demand. Along with the growing concerns about firewood depletion, tea factories have begun transitioning to alternative fuels to power their boilers. B...
This paper presents the results of the investigations of the properties of saddle-shaped copper alloy chips briquettes produced in a roller press. The physical and mechanical properties of the investigated briquettes were examined on their external s...
This study investigated the physical and combustion properties of briquettes produced from agricultural wastes (groundnut shells and corn cobs), wood residues (Anogeissus leiocarpus), and mixture of the particles at 15%, 20%, and 25% starch levels (b...
Barro Alto processes nickel laterite ore using rotary kilns and six-in-line rectangular electric arc furnaces. This study evaluated the briquetting of ferronickel ore to reduce kiln fines, improve furnace charge permeability, and enhance process safe...
In this study, fallen leaves of Azadirachta indica and Prunus dulcis were treated as waste materials for the production of energy-intensive bio-coal briquettes. The physical composition revealed that the moisture content ranged from 6.8% to 8.8%, fix...
Efficient utilization of biomass requires conversion into forms that can be optimally applied in energy generation. Briquetting involves the compaction of biomass into solid blocks that are more efficient than raw biomass, and provides ease of transp...
Briquetting is one of the recommended biomass agglomeration processes. The material subjected to briquetting gains valuable functional features related to higher energy density, appropriate moisture content, and increased bulk density. However, the b...
Concerns over the past few decades have focused, more than ever, on finding and implementing efficient, handy, and renewable sources to reduce pollution. Biomass, in general, and biomass from annual vine cuttings, are renewable sources that can be us...
Large amounts lignocellulosic biomass in the form of straw is leftover after wheat harvesting that could be utilized for beneficial purposes. The latter has led to the emergence of new technologies to make use of this resource. One such technology cu...
Briquetting is considered one of the pre-treatment methods available to produce raw materials of uniform size and moisture content that are easy to process, transport, and store. The quality of briquettes in terms of density and strength depends on t...
In search of guaranteeing global energy requirements, waste from different agricultural, forestry and industrial sources is presented as a renewable and sustainable energy source. The manufacture of solid fuels from biomass based on the densification...
The valorization of agro-industrial residues for solid biofuel production represents a sustainable strategy to meet energy demand, reduce open-field burning, and mitigate environmental impacts. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of producing...
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