Production of Biomass Pellets from Sawdust to Enhance Fuel Efficiency

Abstract

Abstract Providing energy security for sustainable rural development biomass pellets are the major contributor to the bioenergy sector. The higher heating value of woody biomass pellets has encouraged much commercial utilization in the present rapidly growing industrial-economic world. Commercially available biomass sawdust-like Gurjan Balsam (Dipterocarpus turbinatus Gaertn.), White Siris (Albizia lucida), Cadamba (Neolamarckia cadamba), Tamarind (Tatoul markarian), Blackberry (Acacia acuminate), Mango (Mangifera indica), Raintree (Samanea saman), and Lambu (Swietenia hybrida) are opened up huge opportunities in the bioenergy sector. Eight wood sawdust samples investigated the heating value with the increasing pressure in the range of 6 kN to 20 kN. The height heating value was achieved at the pressure for Tamarind sawdust (14221.66 kJ/kg ± 0.84%) which possesses 6.53 ± 0.23% of moisture content. Gurjan Balsam with the highest moisture content (32.28 ± 0.14%) produced the lowest heating value (11260.09 kJ/kg ± 0.32%).