Preparation and characterization of solid biomass fuel made from rice straw and rice bran

Chou, Chuen‐Shii; Song, Lin; Lu, Wen-Chung

doi:10.1016/j.fuproc.2009.04.012

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“…These values are in the ranges of 2-10% reported by Chang et al (2011) and 3-15% reported by Chiueh et al (2012) for the rice straws from Taiwan. They are, however, much lower than the values of 12.1-12.6% reported by Chou et al (2009) for the rice straws from Taiwan and much higher than the values of 3-5% reported by Park et al (2011) for the rice straws from Japan. Differences in moisture content could have resulted from using different collection, storage and drying procedures.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Rice husk can be used as a fertilizer while rice bran can be used as an animal feed (Vadiveloo et al, 2009) and rice straw is used as a roughage in animal feeding (Dong et al, 2008). However, most of the rice straws are burnt in the field causing significant environmental and health problems as well as serious traffic accidents in addition to the loss of valuable resource (Chou et al, 2009). Rice residues are abundantly available and renewable and can be used as an energy source in thermochemical conversion processes such as gasification and combustion (Yoon et al, 2012;Delivand et al, 2011) or in bioconversion processes for production of bioethanol (Karimi et al, 2006) and biogas (Teghammar et al, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Differences in moisture content could have resulted from using different collection, storage and drying procedures. For example, the samples used in this study were dried in an oven at 105°C for one day whereas the samples reported by Chou et al (2009) were dried in air for two weeks and the samples reported by Park et al (2011) were dried at 70°C for 5 days. For all rice varieties tested, the moisture content of the rice straw (6.58-6.92%) was higher than these of the rice husk (4.60-6.07%), which indicates that different parts of the rice plant maintain different moisture content.…”

Section: Moisture Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Physical Properties of Rice Residues as Affected by Variety and Climatic and Cultivation Onditions in Three Continents

Zhang

Ghaly

Li³

2012

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Rice husk and straw are by-products of rice cultivation and processing industry and can be used as an energy source. Proper understanding of the physical properties of rice residues is necessary for utilizing them in thermochemical conversion processes such as gasification and combustion. The physical properties (moisture content, particle size, bulk density and porosity) of rice husks and straws obtained from three countries (Egypt, Cuba and China) were evaluated in this study. The moisture contents of rice husks and straws were in the ranges of 4.60-6.07% and 6.58-6.92%, respectively. For all rice varieties tested, the moisture content of the straws was higher than these of the husks. The particle sizes of rice husks and straws were in the ranges of 0.212-0.850 mm and 0-0.710 mm, respectively. All the rice husk varieties had a normal distribution of particle size around the main value of 0.6 mm while the particle size distribution for the rice straws showed a decreasing trend, the larger the particle size the higher was the weight percentage. The bulk density of rice husks and straws were in the ranges of 331.59-380.54 kg m -3 and 162. 03-194.48 kg m -3 , respectively. The bulk density values of rice straws were lower than those of rice husks. A negative linear relationship between the bulk density and the average particle size was observed for rice husks and straws. The porosity of rice husks and straws were in the ranges of 63.64-68.94% and 71.21-85.28%, respectively. A positive linear relationship between the porosity and the average particle size was observed for rice husks and straws. Also, a negative linear relationship between the porosity and the bulk density was observed. The results obtained from this study showed significant differences in the physical properties of the rice husks and straws collected from different countries (located in three different continents). These differences may be due to variations in climatic conditions, soil type, methods of cultivation and type of fertilizer used. The results also indicated that different parts of rice plant (straw and husk) had different physical properties. Also, significant differences were observed among rice varieties even though they were grown under the same climatic conditions using same soil type and cultivation method as in the case of the long and short grain rice variety of Egypt.

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Physical Properties of Rice Residues as Affected by Variety and Climatic and Cultivation Onditions in Three Continents

Zhang

Ghaly

Li³

2012

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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“…The average particle size of the wheat straw is within the range of 0.309-0.568 mm reported by Adapa et al (2011). The average particle size of the rice straw is within the range of 0.25-0.45 mm reported by Chou et al (2009). The average particle size of the corn stalk is within the range of 0.25-4.42 mm reported by Ileleji and Zhou (2008).…”

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confidence: 59%

Availability and Physical Properties of Residues From Major Agricultural Crops for Energy Conversion Through Thermochemical Processes

Zhang¹,

Ghaly²,

Li³

2012

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Plant residues from the major agricultural crops (wheat, rice, corn, soybean, sugarcane, coffee and cotton) are abundantly available renewable resources that can be used to supply energy through thermochemical conversion processes. The available amounts of plant residues from these crops and their physical properties (moisture content, particle size, bulk density and porosity) were determined. The annual residues from the wheat, rice, corn, soybean, sugarcane, coffee and cotton were 763.42, 698.10, 1729.92, 416.62, 16.85, 4.01 and 107.13 million tons, respectively. The total amount of plant residues was estimated at 3736.05 million tons with total energy content of 66.92 EJ. These residues can replace 2283.52 million tons of coal, 1551.78 million tons of oil and 1847.63 million m 3 of natural gas. The moisture contents were 7. 79, 6.58, 6.40, 7.30, 8.15, 7.86 and 7.45% for the wheat straw, rice straw, corn stalk, soybean stalk, sugarcane stalk, coffee husk and cotton stalk, respectively. The corn stalk and sugarcane stalk had a convex particle size distribution, the soybean stalk and cotton stalk had a concave particle size distribution, the wheat straw and rice straw had an increasing trend particle size distribution and the coffee husk had a decreasing trend particle size distribution. The average particle sizes for the wheat straw, rice straw, corn stalk, soybean stalk, sugarcane stalk, coffee husk and cotton stalk were 0.42, 0.40, 0.49, 0.43, 0.55, 0.67 and 0.38 mm, respectively. The average bulk density was 160.75, 166.29, 127.32, 242.34, 110.86, 349.06 and 230.55 kg m -3 for the wheat straw, rice straw, corn stalk, soybean stalk, sugarcane stalk, coffee husk and cotton stalk, respectively. The average porosity was 51. 25, 83.20, 58.51, 68.03, 77.58, 64.85 and 74.55% for the wheat straw, rice straw, corn stalk, soybean stalk, sugarcane stalk, coffee husk and cotton stalk, respectively. The results obtained from this study indicate that different plant residues have different physical properties.

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“…Plastic waste can be used as a potentially cheap source of chemicals and energy. The use of agricultural and agro-industrial waste as biomass fuel for power generation like briquettes [2,3] can be an alternative solution to the problems related at their disposal. Briquettes produced from lignocellulosic waste, through a simple process and low cost are an excellent source of cheap energy and environmentally correct, in many cases, ideal for replacing fossil fuels in use today, with significant economic and environmental advantages [10].…”

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Conversion of Waste Plastic into Solid Briquette in Combination with Biomass: Bangladesh Perspective

Bhoumick¹,

Sarker²,

Hasan³

et al. 2016

International Advanced Research Journal in Science, Engineering

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Every year millions of tons of agricultural wastes are generated in the country. The percentage of Plastic waste is also increasing in the Municipal Solid Waste management system. These Biomasses or Agricultural wastes can be used as energy source directly. The problem is the energy efficiency and environmental pollution. Meanwhile waste plastics are recycled and a major portion of it goes to land filling. As plastics possess high fuel value, these can be combined with biomasses to prepare solid briquette. This current study looks to develop a good composition of Briquette which comprises of conventional Biomasses and Plastic waste. The total work is carried out in three segments; (i) Preparing a Lab grade Thermal Piston Press for Plastic-Biomass Briquette Manufacturing, (ii) Sample preparation with various proportion of Biomass and Waste Plastic, and (iii) Characterization of the prepared sample. From the study it is seen that the fuel value of Biomass Briquette increases with mixing of plastics, which minimizes water absorption and friability, increases storage capacity and strength. The characterization of Plastic-Biomass Briquette shows that with the addition of 10% waste plastic the calorific increases 40% by margin and doubles the compressive strength.

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Preparation and characterization of solid biomass fuel made from rice straw and rice bran

Cited by 130 publications

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Physical Properties of Rice Residues as Affected by Variety and Climatic and Cultivation Onditions in Three Continents

Physical Properties of Rice Residues as Affected by Variety and Climatic and Cultivation Onditions in Three Continents

Availability and Physical Properties of Residues From Major Agricultural Crops for Energy Conversion Through Thermochemical Processes

Conversion of Waste Plastic into Solid Briquette in Combination with Biomass: Bangladesh Perspective

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