Table 8.
Variations in LHV as a function of 10% binder.
| Proportion of binder/biomass | LHV of Ecological coal (MJ/kg) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rice husks | Peanut shells | Straws | |
| Biomass at 100% | 14.540 ± 0.550 | 26.280 ± 0.550 | 22.25 ± 0.35 |
| Cow dung at 10% | 14.772 ± 0.113 | 21.839 ± 0.116 | 21.722 ± 0.23 |
| Gum arabic at 10% | 14.671 ± 0.110 | 21.110 ± 0.420 | 21.611 ± 0.12 |
| Black clay at 10% | 13.064 ± 0.107 | 22.231 ± 0.267 | 20.023 ± 0.21 |
| Starch of cassava flour at 10% | 14.991 ± 0.073 | 24.818 ± 0.312 | 21.921 ± 0.11 |
| Bark of G. bicolor at 10% | 14.408 ± 0.182 | 24.247 ± 0.046 | 21.415 ± 0.12 |