Impact of process conditions on the density and durability of wheat, oat, canola, and barley straw briquettes

Tumuluru, J. S.; Tabil, L. G.; Song, Y.; Iroba, K. L.; Meda, V.

doi:10.1007/s12155-014-9527-4

Impact of process conditions on the density and durability of wheat, oat, canola, and barley straw briquettes

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · BioEnergy Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-014-9527-4· OSTI ID:1177670

Tumuluru, J. S. ^[1]; Tabil, L. G. ^[2]; Song, Y. ^[3]; Iroba, K. L. ^[2]; Meda, V. ^[2]

Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Biofuels and Renewable Energy Technologies Dept., Energy Systems and Technology Div.
Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Shenyang Agricultural Univ. (China). College of Engineering

The present study is to understand the impact of process conditions on the quality attributes of wheat oat, barley, and canola straw briquettes. Analysis of variance indicated that briquette moisture content and initial density immediately after compaction and final density after 2 weeks of storage are strong functions of feedstock moisture content and compression pressure, whereas durability rating is influenced by die temperature and feedstock moisture content. Briquettes produced at a low feedstock moisture content of 9 % (w.b.) yielded maximum densities >700 kg/m3 for wheat, oat, canola, and barley straws. Lower feedstock moisture content of <10 % (w.b.) and higher die temperatures >110 °C and compression pressure >10 MPa minimized the briquette moisture content and maximized densities and durability rating based on surface plots observations. Optimal process conditions indicated that a low feedstock moisture content of about 9 % (w.b.), high die temperature of 120–130 °C, medium-to-large hammer mill screen sizes of about 24 to 31.75 mm, and low to high compression pressures of 7.5 to 12.5 MPa minimized briquette moisture content to <8 % (w.b.) and maximized density to >700 kg/m3. Durability rating >90 % is achievable at higher die temperatures of >123 °C, lower to medium feedstock moisture contents of 9 to 12 % (w.b.), low to high compression pressures of 7.5 to 12.5 MPa, and large hammer mill screen size of 31.75 mm, except for canola where a lower compression pressure of 7.5 to 8.5 MPa and a smaller hammer mill screen size of 19 mm for oat maximized the durability rating values.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1177670

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU--15-34237; PII: 9527

Journal Information:: BioEnergy Research, Journal Name: BioEnergy Research Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 8; ISSN 1939-1234

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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