Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy
Malaysia and Indonesia contributed in excess of 100 million tons of waste generated from the Oil Palm Industry in the form of empty fruit bunch (EFB) and other fibrous waste generated in the extraction of crude palm oil. A technology was developed and patented to recycle the waste from EFB, fronds,...
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| description | Malaysia and Indonesia contributed in excess of 100
million tons of waste generated from the Oil Palm Industry in the form of empty fruit bunch (EFB) and other fibrous waste generated in the extraction of crude palm oil. A technology was developed and patented to recycle the waste from EFB, fronds, palm kernel shells, and mesocarp fibers into useful sustainable and renewable products called bio-briquettes. These wastes has moisture content of 60-70% for EFB and mesocarp fibre, and 34-40% for palm kernel shell, and calorific value of 5.0 - 18.0 Mj/kg. A processing technology was developed to process these
low quality biomass fuels into high quality solid bio-briquettes with moisture content in the range 8-12%. Depending on the formulations and the sources of the raw biomass, the final solid bio-briquettes can have calorific values in the range of 18-25 Mj/kg. With calorific values matching that of coals with low moisture content, the bio-briquettes can be used as a heating source and in power generation especially for small renewable energy power plant or in co-generation of large scale power plant. The bio-briquettes yields a carbon content of at least 45
% by weight and is an attractive source of renewable and
sustainable material eligible for carbon credit under the Celan Development Mechanism (CDM) scheme. With an estimated
margin of production of 45 % or better, the potential revenue from this product is equivalent and competitive to coal currently available in the commodity market for power
generation. A higher margin can be obtained if the product is used for domestic heating due to its novelty value. As a
contribution to mankind, bio-briquettes are developed from
waste which is renewable and sustainable and at the same time provide a source of energy in our quest for alternative energy. |
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| spelling | oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:30762017-03-20T01:59:53Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/3076/ Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy Shahir Liew, Mohd Shamsuddin, Abd Halim Kalaikumar, V. TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Malaysia and Indonesia contributed in excess of 100 million tons of waste generated from the Oil Palm Industry in the form of empty fruit bunch (EFB) and other fibrous waste generated in the extraction of crude palm oil. A technology was developed and patented to recycle the waste from EFB, fronds, palm kernel shells, and mesocarp fibers into useful sustainable and renewable products called bio-briquettes. These wastes has moisture content of 60-70% for EFB and mesocarp fibre, and 34-40% for palm kernel shell, and calorific value of 5.0 - 18.0 Mj/kg. A processing technology was developed to process these low quality biomass fuels into high quality solid bio-briquettes with moisture content in the range 8-12%. Depending on the formulations and the sources of the raw biomass, the final solid bio-briquettes can have calorific values in the range of 18-25 Mj/kg. With calorific values matching that of coals with low moisture content, the bio-briquettes can be used as a heating source and in power generation especially for small renewable energy power plant or in co-generation of large scale power plant. The bio-briquettes yields a carbon content of at least 45 % by weight and is an attractive source of renewable and sustainable material eligible for carbon credit under the Celan Development Mechanism (CDM) scheme. With an estimated margin of production of 45 % or better, the potential revenue from this product is equivalent and competitive to coal currently available in the commodity market for power generation. A higher margin can be obtained if the product is used for domestic heating due to its novelty value. As a contribution to mankind, bio-briquettes are developed from waste which is renewable and sustainable and at the same time provide a source of energy in our quest for alternative energy. 2010-06-15 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/3076/1/SBI-O5-INFR-16.pdf Shahir Liew, Mohd and Shamsuddin, Abd Halim and Kalaikumar, V. (2010) Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy. In: ICSBI 2010, part of ESTCON 2010, 15-17 June 2010, Kuala Lumpur. |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Shahir Liew, Mohd Shamsuddin, Abd Halim Kalaikumar, V. Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy |
| title | Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat
Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy |
| title_full | Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat
Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy |
| title_fullStr | Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat
Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat
Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy |
| title_short | Bio-Briquettes Technology in Power and Heat
Generation – A Sustainable Source of Energy |
| title_sort | bio-briquettes technology in power and heat
generation – a sustainable source of energy |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| url | http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/3076/ http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/3076/1/SBI-O5-INFR-16.pdf |