Development Products of Biomass Briquettes Production from Pineapple Peel

Abstract

The objective of this research is to study the technical and economic feasibility of biomass briquette production from pineapple peel in order to use as alternative energy in communities. The biomass briquette in this research was produced by cold-press technique mixing with tapioca starch at different ratios. The fuel properties of briquette were analyzed according to ASTM standards. The studied results showed that the heating value of the briquette is in the range between 3,216-3,454 cal/g. The moisture, volatile, ash, and fixed carbon content are 16.50-20.20, 57.20-64.40,  3.88-5.62 and 9.45-15.84 71 %, respectively. The ratio with the best fuel property is pineapple peel 5 kg. : tapioca flour water 3 liter.