| dc.description.abstract | In Kenya, there is over reliance on wood fuel and charcoal as source of energy, which has been found to have some impacts on health due to indoor pollution. The overall total energy dependence in Kenya is as follows: 68% on biomass (wood fuel and charcoal), 20% on petroleum, 10% electricity and 2% from other sources. This has resulted to the search for an alternative source to substitute the over reliance of traditional biomass which has some impacts on women and children who most of the time are in the kitchen. This paper aims to provide an understanding on how densification of biomass to briquettes that are clean and they can substitute the use of traditional fuel in households. Experiments to determine the Time of combustion, calorific value and ash content of briquettes will be determined. In addition the impacts of wood fuel and charcoal have on health will be discussed to justify that briquettes can be used as a clean fuel. Further experiments to determine calorific value of different raw materials used for making briquettes shall be determined to find out how high quality briquettes can be produced. This information will be very vital to briquettes manufactures in improving the quality of their briquettes. | en_US |
