Briquetting of rattan furniture waste

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Brill profit levels and organic growth in line with expectations, integration V&R according to plan and continuation of eBusiness growth Update on year-to-date performance During the third quarter Brill's eBusiness continued its strong growth, driven by eBooks and digital primary sources. This growth compensated for the ongoing decline in print books. YTD Journal sales declined mainly due to delayed invoicing, which is expected to be recovered in Q4, and continuing IT problems at our UK based distributor. Overall Brill's revenues including the acquisition of Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht and Böhlau Verlag (V&R) are clearly ahead of last year.Cost of goods sold improved slightly as a result of the migration from print to eBooks. Operating costs were in line with expectations. Year to date EBITDA, operating profit and net profit have developed as planned.The integration of V&R runs according to plan. Both the Brill as well as the V&R teams and staff are now part of one global matrix organization. Various integration projects in IT, production, distribution, publishing and sales are underway. Management closely leads and monitors the integration and is pleased with the progress and the results of the acquired V&R business so far.In August, Brill acquired the journal Folia Primatologica from Karger Publishing, an important addition to our Biology portfolio. At the end of Q3 Brill's Book Archive was launched, a digital archive expanding our eBook list with more than 6,000 back list titles in 2021. The first sales are expected in Q4. FY OutlookThe COVID-19 pandemic continues to make market circumstances difficult and unpredictable. In Asia important countries are still in lockdown and (intercontinental) travel is still difficult or impossible, limiting our staff to visit authors, conferences and customers in person. The shortages in the global supply chains are hampering Brill as well, to the extent that this may have a negative impact on the results of the important 4 th quarter and could affect our top-and bottom line negatively.

Biomass Briquettes as an Alternative Fuel: A Comprehensive Review

“…Size of the particles for briquettes is an important parameter affecting their stability. [43] To achieve a compact and closely packed structure of biomass material, it is necessary to have the particle size as small as possible. The hard shell of biomass residue can be made into minute particles with irregular shapes and can be used with nonfibrous residues to increase the bonding and agglomeration characteristics.…”

Performance Evaluation of the Effect of waste paper on Groundnut Shell Briquette

“…Briquettes are not a new concept, in actual fact they are becoming well established in the field various authors have studied the feasibility of briquetting different residues and investigated important parameters involved in briquette manufacture. This has involved the effect of compressive pressure, material moisture content, the time the material is in compression (dwell time), and binder content on briquette durability, mechanical strength, density, handling characteristics and the relaxation behaviour of the briquette when taken out of the mould (Olorunnisola, 2004;Chin and Siddiqui, 2000;Demirbas, 1999). Briquetting of biomass process simply means compressing the material to increase its density and to enhance its handling characteristics.…”

Production of Biomass Briquettes Using Coconut Husk and Male Inflorescence of Elaeis guineensis

“…Briquette production have the potential of meeting the additional energy demands of urban and industrial sectors, thereby making a significant contribution to the economic advancement of countries especially the developing countries. Furthermore, briquettes have advantages over fuel wood in terms of greater heat intensity, clean production, convenience, and relatively smaller space requirement for storage [5]. The amount of energy required for various purposes keep on increasing due to the increase in demand.…”