Briquetting and carbonization of biomass products for the sustainable productions of activated carbons

Nasrin B. Khorasgani; Bahareh Karimibavani; Mohammed Alamir; Naif Alzahrani; Amy P. McClain; Ramazan Asmatulu

doi:10.1117/12.2268913

19 April 2017 Briquetting and carbonization of biomass products for the sustainable productions of activated carbons

Nasrin B. Khorasgani, Bahareh Karimibavani, Mohammed Alamir, Naif Alzahrani, Amy P. McClain, Ramazan Asmatulu

Proceedings Volume 10171, Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems 2017; 101710S (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2268913
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

One of the most environmental concerns is the climate change because of the greenhouse gasses, such as CO₂, N₂O, CH₄, and fluorinated gases. The big majority of CO₂ is coming from burning of fossil fuels to generate steam, heat and power. In order to address some of the major environmental concerns of fossil fuels, a number of different alternatives for renewable energy sources have been considered, including sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat and biomass. In the present study, two different biomass products (three leaves and grasses) were collected from the local sources, cleaned, chopped, and mixed with corn starch as a binder prior to the briquetting process at different external loads in a metallic mold. A number of tests, including drop, ignition and mechanical compression were conducted on the prepared briquettes before and after stabilizations and carbonization processes at different conditions. The test results indicated that briquetting pressure and carbonizations are the primary factors to produce stable and durable briquettes for various industrial applications. Undergraduate students have been involved in every step of the project and observed all the details of the process during the laboratory studies, as well as data collection, analysis and presentation. This study will be useful for the future trainings of the undergraduate engineering students on the renewable energy and related technologies.

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Nasrin B. Khorasgani, Bahareh Karimibavani, Mohammed Alamir, Naif Alzahrani, Amy P. McClain, and Ramazan Asmatulu "Briquetting and carbonization of biomass products for the sustainable productions of activated carbons", Proc. SPIE 10171, Smart Materials and Nondestructive Evaluation for Energy Systems 2017, 101710S (19 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2268913

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Renewable energy

Carbon

Combustion

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