Table 7.
Variations in LHV as a function of 5% binder.
| Proportion of binders/biomass | LHV of Ecological coal (MJ/kg) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rice husks | Peanut shells | Straws | |
| Biomass at 100% | 14.540 ± 0.55 | 26.280 ± 0.550 | 22.250 ± 0.35 |
| Cow dung at 5% | 14.655 ± 0.106 | 25.721 ± 0.131 | 21.235 ± 0.12 |
| Gum arabic at 5% | 14.603 ± 0.111 | 25.757 ± 0.030 | 21.889 ± 0.023 |
| Black clay at 5% | 13.811 ± 0.140 | 24.866 ± 0.103 | 21.165 ± 0.33 |
| Starch of cassava flour at 5% | 14.654 ± 0.171 | 25.567 ± 0.220 | 22.091 ± 0.05 |
| Bark of G. bicolor at 5% | 14.514 ± 0.102 | 25.654 ± 0.114 | 21.876 ± 0.51 |