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An Effective Review on Biomass Pellets from Different Resources and Waste Material for Domestic Purpose

K. D. Ganvir, N. D Pachkawade

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Now-a-days the usage of renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly necessary Palletization of biomass reduces its handling costs, and results in a fuel with a greater structural homogeneity. The aim of the present work is to study the strength and integrity of pellets and relate them to the quality and mechanisms of inter-particular adhesion bonding. Biomass is the most common form of renewable energy, widely used in the world but it is less used in the Western world. The aim of this study is to identify environmentally optimal strategies for bioenergy, considering domestic biomass resource availability, the full energy system context, and a consequential life cycle perspective. Most recently a lot attention has been focused on recognizing appropriate biomass species, which can provide high-energy outputs, to replace conventional fossil fuel energy sources. The type of biomass is essential mainly determined by the energy conversion process and the form in which the energy is required. Pellets are the biofuels prepared from dense organic matter or biomass. Pellets can be prepared from any one of five common groups of biomass:  food waste, industrial waste and co-products, energy crops, agricultural residues and virgin lumber. A challenge has been made in this paper to analyze the performance of biomass pellets for domestic use such as household purposes.


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