📖 A Study on Fuel Properties of Agricultural Waste in Malaysia..

Fuel properties are the fundamental parameters that are often required in order to choose the suitable technology for the combustion process of a fuel. The fuel property focused in this study was the Higher Heating Value which is the energy content and also the Self-ignition Temperature of agricultural waste. An experimental study was carried out to obtain these fuel properties of a few agricultural waste samples. The Higher Heating Value was obtained through calorimetric experiment using a bomb calorimeter. The results indicate that coconut husks has the highest heating value with 21.3 MJ/kg while paddy straw has the lowest heating value of 15.6 MJ/kg. Results of Higher Heating Value obtained also shows consistent value with other research findings. Meanwhile the Self-ignition Temperature was obtained through the Crossing Point Temperature (CPT) Method and the experiment was carried out under atmospheric condition. The results indicate that coconut husks has the highest self-ignition temperature while paddy straw has the lowest self-ignition temperature of 213.7°C.