Carbon Footprint Evaluation of Fruit Orchard Residues for Charcoal Briquette Production

Abstract

This research studies the technology of producing renewable energy from agricultural waste in orchards. Under the energy and environmental assessment from the carbon footprint assessment at present, there are many forms of alternative energy production technology. But every research will present only one side of energy Therefore, this research presents the processing of agricultural wastes in orchards into charcoal fuel in terms of energy and environment. By considering the
carbon footprint produced in the production of alternative energy from agricultural waste in orchards Compared with the fuels that are currently used, such as wood, firewood, and LPG. The study found that the production of compressed charcoal with the least carbon footprint is 0.8602 kg CO2-eq.