Development of Briquettes from Waste Wood （废木材加工的发展）.pdfVIP

Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2014 Vol II, WCE 2014, July 2 - 4, 2014, London, U.K. Development of Briquettes from Waste Wood (Sawdust) for Use in Low-income Households in Piura, Peru Eduardo A. Sánchez* Member, IAENG, Milagros B. Pasache, Marcos E. García  initiatives from Latin American countries, such as the Abstract— The paper presents the results of a project increase of protected areas [5]. focused on the development of briquettes from the waste wood In the region of Piura in Peru, there are 389,685 homes (sawdust) resulting from the main waste from timber of which 55.81% use firewood and charcoal daily as companies located in the Piura Region of Peru. This waste domestic fuel according to the Istituto Nacional de wood currently lacks a useful purpose, and its indiscriminate Estadística del Perú - INEI [6]. The Ministry of burning generates CO and CO2 emissions. Through a drying and compression process, sawdust Environment (1977) states that this material coming from briquettes were obtained with the following features: 19.8 MJ the cutting of dry forest areas characteristic of the region x kg, 10% of humidity, 894 kg/m3, 1.3% of ashes, 15,29% of and protected areas such as the Northwest Biosphere fixed carbon, and 83.41% of volatile matter.