• Pisal Ken
• Kinnaleth Vongchanh
• Sarin Chan
• Latin Heang
• Samoeurn Cheng

The waste materials including dried tree leaves (DT), sawdust (SD), sugar bagasse (SB), and wasted paper (WP) are disposed of by burning or collected and sent to the landfills. Burning these materials without applying the use of heat is a waste. Reversely, one method to make use of these wastes is to convert them to biomass briquettes. The proposed waste products are not always available everywhere and every time, therefore, the aim of this study was to produce biomass briquettes with hexagon shapes using different mixing ratios and combined with 2 types of binders made from fish oil (FO) and waste oil (WO). The briquette process used a screw press machine. To ensure and confirm the usability and capacity of the biomass briquettes, this paper presented an investigation of the thermal properties for 20 composited biomass, the impact and water-resistant index for 35 samples, and the burning rate and flame temperature for 10 samples. The experimental results showed all 35 samples passed the impact-resistant test but only 5 of 35 samples passed the water-resistant test. Besides that, the heating value was obtained at about 17-23 MJ/kg, the energy intensity was in the range of 17-26.3 GJ·m-3, the fixed carbon was 8.1-21%, the volatile matter was 69.7-81.5%, ash content was 2.3-14.6%, and moisture content was 2.5-6.3%. The highest flame temperature had the average highest burning rate and flame temperature at about 15 g·min-1 and 665oC, respectively. The briquettes made from binders (FO and WO) had very similar characteristics and they can be used to replace wood.

Biomass briquettes, Thermal properties, Physical properties, Waste to energy, Fish oil, Waste oil.

"THERMAL PROPERTIES OF BIOMASS BRIQUETTES MADE FROM WASTE MATERIALS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no.e174-e180, October-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310336.pdf

"THERMAL PROPERTIES OF BIOMASS BRIQUETTES MADE FROM WASTE MATERIALS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 10, page no. ppe174-e180, October-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2310336.pdf