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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 --- , USA

   Environmental 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...

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   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, Nigeria

   An 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...

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