A Study on Fuel Properties of Agricultural Waste in Malaysia.

      Аннотация: Fuel properties are the fundamental parameters that are often required in order to choose the suitable technology for the combustion process of a fuel. The fuel property focused in this study was the Higher Heating Value which is the energy content and also the Self-ignition Temperature of agricultural waste. An experimental study was carried out to obtain these fuel properties of a few agricultural waste samples. The Higher Heating Value was obtained through calorimetric experiment using a bomb calorimeter. The results indicate that coconut husks has the highest heating value with 21.3 MJ/kg while paddy straw has the lowest heating value of 15.6 MJ/kg. Results of Higher Heating Value obtained also shows consistent value with other research findings. Meanwhile the Self-ignition Temperature was obtained through the Crossing Point Temperature (CPT) Method and the experiment was carried out under atmospheric condition. The results indicate that coconut husks has the highest self-ignition temperature while paddy straw has the lowest self-ignition temperature of 213.7°C.

Ключевые слова: Agricultural Waste, Fuel properties, Malaysia