From: Densification of agro-residues for sustainable energy generation: an overview
Advantages | Disadvantages | Applications |
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Smaller storage space requirement and convenience to use Briquetting and pelletizing offer an inexpensive form of energy, creates eco-friendly environment, employment, and business opportunities Composition pellets/briquettes fuels are homogeneous Fuel pellets allow automation of stoking, thus improve the comfort for the user Briquetting/pelletizing manufacture fuel with high mechanical strength, uniformity, and heating value than its feedstock The use of briquettes/pellets in remote areas can reduce the time spent on gathering firewood, and this will reduce the risk associated with collecting firewood and saving the time for other profitable activities Briquetting and pelletizing preserve wood and preventing the destruction of forests | They are not applicable for the production of liquid fuel Additional energy input (essentially for drying, pressing, and grinding) increases the cost of production | Household cooking and heating using domestic stoves As a feedstock for the manufacture of iron and steel through direct reduction route using a tunnel and rotary kilns Co-fire in boiler, power plant for steam and energy generation Commercial waste management techniques and control of greenhouse emissions Food processing, dyeing, bleaching, and textile industries Generation of heat in the manufacture of clay products; Employed for generation of gas through Gasification processes Distilleries, water cleaning applications, restaurants, bakeries, and canteens Utilized for tobacco curing, oil milling, and tea drying Nutrient fertilizer and land restoration |