FABRICATION OF LOW COST HAND OPERATED BRIQUETTING MACHINE

S.N. DONGARDIVE¹*, C. DNIKOLE², V.G. KOTHALKAR^3
1Department of Electrical and Other Energy Sources, College of Agriculture Engineering, Jalgaon Jamod, 443402, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra 444104, India
²Department of Electrical and Other Energy Sources, College of Agriculture Engineering, Jalgaon Jamod, 443402, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra 444104, India
³Department of Farm Power and Machinery, College of Agriculture Engineering, Jalgaon Jamod, 443402, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, 444104 India
* Corresponding Author : snehaldongardive28@gmail.com

Received : 28-06-2018     Accepted : 09-07-2018     Published : 15-07-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 13       Pages : 6530 - 6532
Int J Agr Sci 10.13 (2018):6530-6532

Keywords : Biomass Briquettes, Sawdust, Cow dung, Dry leaves
Academic Editor : Rajesh R Gajbhiye
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to College of Agriculture Engineering, Jalgaon Jamod, 443402, Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra 444104, India. Authors also thankful to supportive staff of workshop department for their help in fabrication of briquetting machine
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

There has been a recent push to replace the burning of fossil fuels with biomass. The replacement of this non-renewable resources with biological waste would lower the overall pollution of the world. Agricultural residues are producing in large amount but they are used inefficiently that pollute the environment. Apart from the problems of transportation, storage, and handling, the direct burning of loose biomass in conventional grates is associated with very low thermal efficiency and widespread air pollution. To overcome these problems the biomass materials is compressed as 120 kg/cm3 and can increase its density and durability. In this study a machine was designed to density grinded biomass materials at optimum level of density to obtain more than 90% durability. The machine was consisting of a plunger, base plate, vertical support, mould. The grinded material of particle size less than 5 mm and moisture contents less than 12% placed in mould and pressed by pusher. The capacity of machine was 2 kg/hr.

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