<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the study was to assess the selected physical characteristics of the briquettes of English ryegrass waste biomass and its mixtures with waste components from the agri-food industry: pea husks and oat middlings. The raw materials used for the tests are characterized by high calorific value and low ash content. Among the tested raw materials, the most favorable values were recorded for oat middlings in this respect. The produced briquettes were characterized by high volumetric density and very diverse mechanical durability. At the same time, the results of the tests on the mechanical durability of briquettes indicated that the use of components of ryegrass mixtures selected for testing brought unsatisfactory results, as compared to other analyzed physical and energy features.</p></abstract>

The aim of the study was to assess the selected physical characteristics of the briquettes of English ryegrass waste biomass and its mixtures with waste components from the agri-food industry: pea husks and oat middlings. The raw materials used for the tests are characterized by high calorific value and low ash content. Among the tested raw materials, the most favorable values were recorded for oat middlings in this respect. The produced briquettes were characterized by high volumetric density and very diverse mechanical durability. At the same time, the results of the tests on the mechanical durability of briquettes indicated that the use of components of ryegrass mixtures selected for testing brought unsatisfactory results, as compared to other analyzed physical and energy features.

Assessment of Selected Physical Characteristics of the English Ryegrass (<italic>Lolium Perenne</italic> L.) Waste Biomass Briquettes

Department of Machinery Exploitation and Management of Production Processes

Department of Agricultural, Forest and Transport Machinery

The Foreign Languages Teaching Centre of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin

Agricultural Engineering

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Assessment of Selected Physical Characteristics of the English Ryegrass ( L.) Waste Biomass Briquettes

The aim of the study was to assess the selected physical characteristics of the briquettes of English ryegrass waste biomass and its mixtures with waste...

Assessment of Selected Physical Characteristics of the English Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.) Waste Biomass Briquettes

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 21 - 30

Received: Sep 01, 2019

Accepted: Dec 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2019-0033

Keywords
briquetting, biofuels, physical features, ryegrass

© 2019 Artur Kraszkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Assessment of Selected Physical Characteristics of the English Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.) Waste Biomass Briquettes

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 21 - 30

Received: Sep 01, 2019

Accepted: Dec 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agriceng-2019-0033

Keywordsbriquetting, biofuels, physical features, ryegrass

© 2019 Artur Kraszkiewicz et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
briquetting, biofuels, physical features, ryegrass