Preparation and Characterization of Solid Biomass Fuel from Waste Mushroom Cultivation Bags

Abstract:

This study investigated the feasibility of preparing the solid biomass fuel from bio-waste material in the waste mushroom cultivation bag (WMCB) and examined whether the decaying carbohydrates due to the fungi present in the bio-waste material of WMCB affects the heating value of the solid biomass fuel. This study involves the following steps: (1) drying the bio-waste material of WMCB and the wood dust of Taiwan Acacia (TA); (2) grinding the bio-waste material of W_MCB and the wood dust of TA into the powder GP_WMCB and GP_TA , respectively; (3) characterizing the heating value of the powder of GP_WMCB and GPTA ; (4) solidifying the air-dried powder of GP_WMCB (or GP_TA ) into a biomass briquette BMB_WMCB or BMB_TA using the piston-in-mold process; (5) charcoalizing the biomass briquette BMB_WMCB and BMB_TA into the charcoal briquette CB_WMCB and CB_TA, respectively, using a home-made mechanical furnace of charcoalization; and (6) characterizing the charcoal yield, the ash and the heating value of the CBWMCB and CBTA , respectively. Both CB_TA and CB_WMCB inhere the linear relationship between the average heating value and the charcoalization temperature. The RP_HV,which indicates the reduction percentage of heating value of CB_WMCB,is less than 10%,compared with the heating value of CB_TA .

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 354-355)
• Pages: 222-225
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.354-355.222
• Online since: October 2011
• Authors: Sheau Horng Lin, Chuen Shii Chou, Shih Hsun Fan Chiang
• Keywords: Charcoal Briquette, Solid Biomass Fuel, Waste Mushroom Cultivation Bag (WMCB)

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