THE PRODUCTION OF BRIQUETTE FROM SAWDUST AND WASTE PAPER USING MANUAL BRIQUETTING MACHINE

¹Onwugbuta, Godpower Chukwuemeka, ²Ononiwu, Chizoba Felicity³ &John, Godson Nnamdi

^1,2,3 Biochemistry/Chemistry Technology Option, School of Science Laboratory Technology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study was carried out to produce briquettes from sawdust and waste paper and analyze the combustion characteristics of the briquettes mixture. The briquettes were produced using a manual briquetting machine using three sawdust and waste paper mixing ratio of 50:50, 80:20, and 20:80. Combustion reaction investigated were burning time, ignition time, moisture content, density, volatile matter, fixed carbon, ash content, and calorific values. The percentage free carbon of the briquettes ranged from 18- 25%, the calorific value ranged from 3418-3689cal/g. The results attained shows that sawdust and waste paper mixture has good combustion characteristics which qualify them as alternative to firewood for industrial and commercial energy.

Keywords: Production, Briquette, Sawdust, Waste paper, Briquetting machine.