Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues

Proper understanding on the thermo chemical properties of biomass is necessary for the design of thermo-chemical conversion systems. The present study was conducted for the selected species of Bangladeshi biomasses. In this study seven differenttypes of biomass from Bangladeshi agriculture residues...

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Main Authors:	Uddin, Md. Nasir, Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur, Nithe, N. A., Rony, J. I.
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	iium-515982017-01-13T07:25:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51598/ Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues Uddin, Md. Nasir Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur Nithe, N. A. Rony, J. I. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Proper understanding on the thermo chemical properties of biomass is necessary for the design of thermo-chemical conversion systems. The present study was conducted for the selected species of Bangladeshi biomasses. In this study seven differenttypes of biomass from Bangladeshi agriculture residues such as rice husk, rice straw, jute stick, sugarcane bagasse, water hyacinth, dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata) and wheat straw were considered for detailed analysis. The analysis includes moisture content, bulk density, proximate analysis, elemental analysis, calorific values and thermo-gravimetric (TGA/DTG) properties. This study reports that the moisture content in all samples investigated is suitable to serve as feedstock for thermal conversion technologies. Compared to coal, agricultural residues biomass has a lower energy density and also lower ash content. Results from proximate analysis and TG-DTG curve also indicates that higher amount of ash content in rice straw and rice husk among the studied samples and highest decomposition rate is obtained from rice husk but lowest from water hyacinth. Highest activation energy was obtained from rice straw and lowest from sugarcane bagasse. Contents of nitrogen and sulfur are very low underlying potential environmental benefits of using agricultural residues as fuel. On the other hand, the content in ash-forming elements, especially in potassium is quite high in rice straw, water hyacinth and dhaincha. Preliminary results of this study could serve to establish a database of Bangladeshi biomass fuels or feedstock that would support decision making in terms of energy conversion technology selection and operating conditions setting. Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51598/1/51598_investigation_of_physical_and_thermo-chemical.pdf Uddin, Md. Nasir and Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur and Nithe, N. A. and Rony, J. I. (2016) Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues. In: 4th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2016 (ICBioE 2016), 25th-27th July 2016, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/icbioe/2016/
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description	Proper understanding on the thermo chemical properties of biomass is necessary for the design of thermo-chemical conversion systems. The present study was conducted for the selected species of Bangladeshi biomasses. In this study seven differenttypes of biomass from Bangladeshi agriculture residues such as rice husk, rice straw, jute stick, sugarcane bagasse, water hyacinth, dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata) and wheat straw were considered for detailed analysis. The analysis includes moisture content, bulk density, proximate analysis, elemental analysis, calorific values and thermo-gravimetric (TGA/DTG) properties. This study reports that the moisture content in all samples investigated is suitable to serve as feedstock for thermal conversion technologies. Compared to coal, agricultural residues biomass has a lower energy density and also lower ash content. Results from proximate analysis and TG-DTG curve also indicates that higher amount of ash content in rice straw and rice husk among the studied samples and highest decomposition rate is obtained from rice husk but lowest from water hyacinth. Highest activation energy was obtained from rice straw and lowest from sugarcane bagasse. Contents of nitrogen and sulfur are very low underlying potential environmental benefits of using agricultural residues as fuel. On the other hand, the content in ash-forming elements, especially in potassium is quite high in rice straw, water hyacinth and dhaincha. Preliminary results of this study could serve to establish a database of Bangladeshi biomass fuels or feedstock that would support decision making in terms of energy conversion technology selection and operating conditions setting.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Uddin, Md. Nasir Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur Nithe, N. A. Rony, J. I.
author_facet	Uddin, Md. Nasir Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur Nithe, N. A. Rony, J. I.
author_sort	Uddin, Md. Nasir
title	Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues
title_short	Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues
title_full	Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues
title_fullStr	Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues
title_full_unstemmed	Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues
title_sort	investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues
publisher	Kulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2016
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Investigation of physical and thermo-chemical characteristics of biomass fuels from local agricultural residues

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