Compressive Property of Biomass Briquettes Made of Hazelnut Shell Waste and Peanut Shell
Yessi Gusnia1), Irfan Dwi Aditya2,a), and Widayani1)

1 Nuclear Physics and Biophysics Research Group, Faculty
of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi
Bandung, Jalan Ganesha no. 10 Bandung 40132,
Indonesia.

2 Instrumentation and Computational Physics Research
Group, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesa 10 Bandung 40132, Indonesia

Abstract

In Indonesia, energy consumption increases as with its population, while fossil energy sources keep running out. This condition forces the development of non-fossil energy source. One promising alternative is biomass briquette. In this study a biomass briquette was made using hazelnut shell waste (limbah cangkang kemiri CK) and peanut shell (kulit kacang tanah KT) with various CK concentrations: 0/24, 4/24, 8/24, 12/24, 16/24, 20/24, and 24/24 (w/w). Initially, dried CK and KT waste were processed into charcoal powder with a particle size of ~ 0,25 mm. The briquette was prepared by densification of the two charcoal mixtures at a pressure of 29778,99 N/m2 for 15 min, followed by heating at 60 &#8451- for 4 h. Due to storage and delivery process in the application, briquettes must have good compressive properties. In this study, compressive property of the produced briquette was characterized using a universal testing machine (UTM). The results showed that the values of ultimate strength, modulus of elasticity, and strain at fracture of the CK-KT briquette increased with increasing CK concentration, with highest values of 5.69 MPa, 80 MPa and 0.146, respectively.

Keywords: energy- briquette- compression- hazelnut shell waste- peanut shell

Topic: Energy and Environmental Physics