A Study on Size Reduction of Eucalyptus Bark from the Processing Industry for Producing Biomass Pellets
Recently, there was an increase in demand of biomass pellets as an alternative energy source. However, it is necessary to reduce the size of granular materials during the pelleting process. The size reduction of eucalyptus bark occurs in the industrial processing of biomass pellets production,...
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| author | Pasawat Sanchumpu Kittipong Laloon Sakda Champana Chaiyan Junsiri |
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| description | Recently,
there was an increase in demand of biomass pellets as an alternative energy
source. However, it is necessary to reduce the size of granular materials
during the pelleting process. The size reduction
of eucalyptus bark occurs in the industrial processing
of biomass pellets production, using a
hammer mill together with three sieve sizes of 3, 4, and 5 mm and the sieve speeds
of 900, 1000, 1100, and 1200
rpm, respectively, which have
been examined at a feed rate of 80 kg/h.
The aims of this study
were to determine the important parameters, namely rotational speed, to determine suitable sieve size for reducing the size of eucalyptus bark, and to
analyze energy usage in the size reduction process by using a hammer mill. The results
have shown that using a 5 mm sieve size at 900 rpm sieve speed resulted in the
best operating conditions in order to offer the highest capacity and lowest
specific energy consumption. Moreover,
the average particle size of 0.15 mm was an acceptable value. This study could be very beneficial in the development
process to produce biomass pellets. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50f0c25883184f22982902c8402c64bf2023-01-02T16:49:52ZengUniversitas IndonesiaInternational Journal of Technology2086-96142087-21002016-12-01771222123110.14716/ijtech.v7i7.309309A Study on Size Reduction of Eucalyptus Bark from the Processing Industry for Producing Biomass PelletsPasawat Sanchumpu0Kittipong Laloon1Sakda Champana2Chaiyan Junsiri3Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Agricultural Machinery and Postharvest Technology Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon KDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Agricultural Machinery and Postharvest Technology Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon KAgricultural Machinery and Postharvest Technology Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Postharvest Technology Innovation Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand.Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand. Agricultural Machinery and Postharvest Technology Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon KRecently, there was an increase in demand of biomass pellets as an alternative energy source. However, it is necessary to reduce the size of granular materials during the pelleting process. The size reduction of eucalyptus bark occurs in the industrial processing of biomass pellets production, using a hammer mill together with three sieve sizes of 3, 4, and 5 mm and the sieve speeds of 900, 1000, 1100, and 1200 rpm, respectively, which have been examined at a feed rate of 80 kg/h. The aims of this study were to determine the important parameters, namely rotational speed, to determine suitable sieve size for reducing the size of eucalyptus bark, and to analyze energy usage in the size reduction process by using a hammer mill. The results have shown that using a 5 mm sieve size at 900 rpm sieve speed resulted in the best operating conditions in order to offer the highest capacity and lowest specific energy consumption. Moreover, the average particle size of 0.15 mm was an acceptable value. This study could be very beneficial in the development process to produce biomass pellets.http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/309BiomassEucalyptus barkHammer mill |
| spellingShingle | Pasawat Sanchumpu Kittipong Laloon Sakda Champana Chaiyan Junsiri A Study on Size Reduction of Eucalyptus Bark from the Processing Industry for Producing Biomass Pellets International Journal of Technology Biomass Eucalyptus bark Hammer mill |
| title | A Study on Size Reduction of Eucalyptus Bark from the Processing Industry for Producing Biomass Pellets |
| title_full | A Study on Size Reduction of Eucalyptus Bark from the Processing Industry for Producing Biomass Pellets |
| title_fullStr | A Study on Size Reduction of Eucalyptus Bark from the Processing Industry for Producing Biomass Pellets |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study on Size Reduction of Eucalyptus Bark from the Processing Industry for Producing Biomass Pellets |
| title_short | A Study on Size Reduction of Eucalyptus Bark from the Processing Industry for Producing Biomass Pellets |
| title_sort | study on size reduction of eucalyptus bark from the processing industry for producing biomass pellets |
| topic | Biomass Eucalyptus bark Hammer mill |
| url | http://ijtech.eng.ui.ac.id/article/view/309 |
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