Vol. 3 (6) : November-December 2012 issue
Green Farming Vol. 3 (6) : 716-719 (November-December, 2012)
Effect of raw material and moisture content on performance of piston press biomass briquetting machine
SWAPNAJA JADHAV1* and SURENDRA KALBANDE2
Department of Unconventional Energy Sources, Faculty of Agril. Engineering, Dr. P.D. Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola - 444 104 (Maharashtra)
Designation : 1M.Tech. Scholar *(swapnaja20kjadhav@gmail.com), 2Associate Professor
Subject : Agriculture Engineering, Farm Machinery, Energy & Power and Process Engineering
Paper No. :
Total Pages : 4
Received : 01 March 2012
Revised accepted : 12 October 2012
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ABSTRACT
Effect of raw material and moisture content on performance of piston press briquetting machine was evaluated by using soybean husk and groundnut shell having three proportions with saw dust at four levels of moisture content 6, 8, 10 and 12 per cent (wb). Briquette production of GS3 (Groundnut shell: saw dust, 75:25) was found higher (1420 kg/h) at 10 per cent moisture content. It was observed that production increased with increase in the saw dust per centage in feed composition and power consumption per tonne decreased. It was observed that extentt of densification found more at 8 per cent of moisture content in the range of 617.31 to 1089.10 per cent. Volumetric energy density was found highest using raw material SS1 in the range of 8.64 to 13.26 kcal/m3.
Key words :
Agro residues, Biomass, Briquetting technology, Densification, Piston press machine.
