ESTIMATION OF HIGH HEATING VALUE OF SOME AGRICULTURAL WASTE BLENDS

Authors

  • A.U. Sulaiman Department of Chemistry, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto Nigeria
  • B. A. Hadi Department of Chemistry, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto Nigeria
  • Usman F. Department of Chemistry, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi
  • U. Y. Dan illela Department of Sciences, Kebbi State Polytechnic, Dakingari, Birnin Kebbi

Keywords:

Groudnut Shell, Corn cob, EFB, Proximate analysis, HHV, NHV

Abstract

Biomass resources are renewable and sustainable energy sources. The efficient use of biomass
energy will help in mitigating the global energy crisis. Adequate understanding of the
physicochemical properties of biomass is essential for the study of the biomass potentials and
very crucial for its utilization for fuel production. A high heating value is a key parameter to
assess the energy content of different biomass feedstock. In this study, proximate analyses of
biomass materials (groundnut shell, corn cob and Palm Oil Empty Fruit Bunch fibre) which are
mainly agricultural residues and their blends. The effect of their components mixture on high
heating value was determined based on some established empirical model equations. The
calculated net heating value (NHV) and high heating value (HHV) of the feedstock and their
blends are in the range of 16.16 -18.51MJ/kg. The results revealed that the estimated energy
values using the model equations were good for solid fuel production especially when the corn
cob and ground nutshell are in high percentage.

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Published

2022-06-30

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): UJPICR Volume 2 Number 1 :June, 2022

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