A Review of Technical and Economic Aspects of Biomass Briquetting

Sunday Yusuf Kpalo, Mohamad Faiz Zainuddin, Latifah Abd Manaf and Ahmad Muhaimin Roslan
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Sunday Yusuf Kpalo: Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi 961101, Nigeria
Mohamad Faiz Zainuddin: Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia UPM Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
Latifah Abd Manaf: Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia UPM Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia
Ahmad Muhaimin Roslan: Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia UPM Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-30

Abstract: Growing global demand and utilization of fossil fuels has elevated wealth creation, increased adverse impacts of climate change from greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, and endangered public health. In most developing countries, biomass wastes, which include but are not limited to agricultural residues, are produced in large quantities annually. They are either inefficiently used or disposed of indiscriminately, which threatens the environment. It is possible to convert these wastes, through densification, into high-density and energy-efficient briquettes. Densification of biomass into briquettes presents a renewable energy option as an alternative to fossil fuels. This paper reviews biomass briquetting with reference to biomass resources, feedstock pre-processing, briquetting process parameters, briquetting technology, and briquettes quality evaluation parameters. The review also includes the economic aspect of briquetting relating to costs and feasibility.

Keywords: biomass; briquette; densification; technology; production costs; economic feasibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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