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Organic matter fuel briquettes as a forest conservation tool in Lake Malawi National Park
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Southern African Forestry Journal • Authors: S. Rantala --- WWF Finland, Finland T. Tyynelä --- MTT Agrifood Research, Finland M. Vickers --- , USAEnvironmental degradation including deforestation is of great concern in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, even in many protected areas. One of them is Lake Malawi National Park (LMNP), which encases the most populated village in Malawi, Chembe. The rise in... -
Effect of briquetting temperature on the properties of biomass briquettes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Okey Francis Obi --- Agricultural and Bioresources Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, NigeriaThe importance of and growing worldwide interest in developing technologies that could utilise biomass material cannot be over looked particularly in developing countries. This study investigated the effect of briquetting temperature (normal and high temperature) on the physical and combustion... -
Modelling the effect of compaction pressure on the densification of agricultural waste briquettes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: U. A. Essien --- Department of Material and Metallurgical Engineering, Nigeria P. K. Oke --- Department of Mechanical Engineering, NigeriaAn empirical model for predicting the required compaction pressure of heterogeneous briquettes was developed in this study. The study was based on low-pressure compaction, where the used of binders is paramount. Three agricultural wastes: sawdust, rice husk, and palm kernel... -
Technical feasibility of producing binder-free water hyacinth briquettes for domestic energy use
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thawani Sanjika* --- , Malawi Grivin Chipula --- , MalawiProduction of biomass briquettes of good strength and combustion characteristics usually requires the addition of a binder material to the feedstock. This study was aimed at developing a methodology for producing briquettes from water hyacinth at low compression pressures without...