STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE PRODUCTION OF COMPRESSED SOLID BIOFUELS

Abstract

Given the limited nature of natural resources and the global rise in prices for such traditional fossil fuels as oil, coal and natural gas, at the beginning of the third millennium, considerable attention began to be paid to the search for alternative fuels, one of the most popular and affordable among which is solid biofuel. The main types of pressed solid biofuel: biofuel briquettes and pellets are considered, and its classification is developed. An analysis of the origin and sources of biomass production, methods of processing biomass has been carried out, trade forms of solid biofuel, the geometric shape of solid biofuel, the nature of the change in the combustion surface of solid biofuel, the quality indicators (technical characteristics) of solid biofuel, as well as the design and technological design of its pressing was carried out. A critical analysis of innovative methods for obtaining biofuel briquettes and pellets, as well as the influence of their parameters, primarily qualitative and quantitative composition, on the quality indicators (technical characteristics) of solid biofuel was carried out. It is shown that the energy potential of biomass available for energy production in Ukraine can significantly improve its energy independence. Bibl. 76, Fig. 6.