Materials Today: Proceedings xxx (xxxx) xxx Please cite this article as: Segun E. Ibitoye et al., Materials Today: Proceedings, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.08.253 2214-7853/Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 1st International Conference on Advanced Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering – 2023.Effect of densification process parameters on the physico-mechanical properties of composite briquettes of corncob and rice husk

Abstract

Fuel briquettes were manufactured from corncob and rice husk in this study. Samples were collected, sorted, and screened into different particle sizes. The mixing ratios of corncob and rice husk samples were 100:0, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, and 50:50, respectively. The briquettes were produced under varying pressure of 25, 50, and 65 kPa. Compressed and relaxed densities of the briquettes varied from 1.1 to 2.1 g/cm3 and 0.52 to 0.87 g/cm3, respectively, while durability changed from 34.43 to 99.13%. The briquette of 50:50 corncob-risk husk of 0.25 mm particle size produced under pressure of 65 kPa has the optimum physico mechanical properties