A Study on Fuel Properties of Agricultural Waste in Malaysia

ISBN-13: 9783659914423 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 100 str.

Firdaus Basrawi; Cindy Binti Olin

Opis

Fuel properties are the fundamental parameters that are often required in order to choose the suitable technology for the combustion process of a fuel. The fuel property focused in this study was the Higher Heating Value which is the energy content and also the Self-ignition Temperature of agricultural waste. An experimental study was carried out to obtain these fuel properties of a few agricultural waste samples. The Higher Heating Value was obtained through calorimetric experiment using a bomb calorimeter. The results indicate that coconut husks has the highest heating value with 21.3 MJ/kg while paddy straw has the lowest heating value of 15.6 MJ/kg. Results of Higher Heating Value obtained also shows consistent value with other research findings. Meanwhile the Self-ignition Temperature was obtained through the Crossing Point Temperature (CPT) Method and the experiment was carried out under atmospheric condition. The results indicate that coconut husks has the highest self-ignition temperature while paddy straw has the lowest self-ignition temperature of 213.7°C.

O autorze

Firdaus Basrawi was born in Kajang in 1984, and has been a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Department of UMP for 5 years. He spent 8 years in Kitami Institute of Technology, Hokkaido Japan since 2004 to obtain his bachelor degree until his Dr.(Eng). He is currently active in research in the field of Energy.