Combustion Characteristics Study Of Low Grade Producer Gas From Carbonized Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Briquettes Gasification
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Date
2022-06-27
Authors
Singh, Suraj
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Malaysia has been searching for affordable, renewable energy alternatives as a
result of the global problem of the depletion of fossil fuels, and biomass briquettes are
one of the best solutions for reducing this depletion. In Malaysia, Empty Fruit Bunch
(EFB) is one of the most widely used agricultural wastes, and its briquettes have the
potential to be used as a substitute gaseous fuel. EFB, however, has a number of
undesirable qualities that limit its quality as a reliable fuel source, necessitating a pre-treatment process in order to convert it into biomass briquettes. In this final year
project, the combustion characteristic of a low-grade producer gas from carbonized
Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) briquettes through gasification process will be studied. The
pre-treatment conducted will be are drying process by 40- 50oC, carbonization process
by 350oC and 4 hours, mixing process with tapioca binder with 100:110:20 ratio and
briquetting process using manual briquette machine at 150MPa. Once the pre-treatment is conducted, briquette analyzation will be conducted. This will consist of
proximate analysis, physical analysis, calorific values and burning rate test of a single
EFB briquette. The EFB briquettes will be compared to Fire Starter briquettes and
with reference data of various ratio of briquettes. The briquettes will then undergo
gasification process with 5 kg/h feed rate at 480oC in 20 minutes for the entire process
where the gas produce will be tested under the Gas Chromatography. Using the data
given, calculation carbon conversion efficiency is done. This will determine whether
the briquettes made can produce producer gas.