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TITLE: BRIQUETTE

Background of the Study

The Philippines is known to be an agricultural country with a land area of 30 million


hectares, 47 percent of which is agricultural. The total area devoted to agricultural crops is 13
million hectares distributed among food grains, food crops and non-food crops. Among the crops
grown, rice, coconut and sugarcane are major contributors to biomass energy resources.

The most common agricultural wastes in the Philippines are rice husk, rice straw, coconut
husk, coconut shell and bagasse. The country has good potential for biomass power plants as
one-third of the country’s agricultural land produces rice, and consequently large volumes of rice
straw and hulls are generated.

Rice is the staple food in the Philippines. The Filipinos are among the world’s biggest
rice consumers. The average Filipino consumes about 100 kilograms per year of rice. Rice husk
is one of the most abundant agricultural wastes generated in the Philippines. With the 1.8 million
metric tons produced annually only 5 percent is utilized productively mainly as energy source for
cooking or as soil additive. The rest is burned or left to rot.

Another environmental issue faced nowadays is the amount of agricultural wastes that are
being thrown out and not used in the most efficient way possible. The increase of wastes from
the sector of agriculture is also becoming a threat to the environment. Philippines mainly being
an agricultural country is known to be one of the primary contributors of agricultural wastes (T.
Ganiron, 2017). One of which is the coconut (Cocus nucifera) husk. Aside from that, rice (Oryza
sativa) husk accumulated from rice as a by-product after it is milled also widely contribute to
agricultural wastes.

The Philippines has the largest number of coconut trees in the world as it produces most
of the world market for coconut oil and copra meal. The major coconut wastes include coconut
shell, coconut husks and coconut coir dust. Coconut shell is the most widely utilized but the
reported utilization rate is very low. Approximately 500 million coconut trees in the Philippines
produce tremendous amounts of biomass as husk (4.1 million tonnes), shell (1.8 million tonnes),
and frond (4.5 million tonnes annually).

More than half of the population of the Philippines employ charcoal, kerosene and gas as
means of cooking, but the effects on their health are too detrimental to ignore.

Statement of the problem

Deforestation and illegal logging activities are constantly posing threats to the environment.
More and more trees are being cut every day in order to produce wood-based materials and
products. As a result, researchers are constantly finding ways to minimize the utilization of trees
in producing wood-based materials specifically in the construction industry and t herefore
finding ways to replace the role of wood in construction.

Another environmental issue faced by the Philippines is extreme amount of agricultural wastes
being thrown out and not used in the most efficient way possible. The increase of these wastes
from the agriculture sector poses environmental threats as well. Philippines, having agriculture as
its primary source of livelihood is known to be one of the primary contributors of agricultural
wastes.

Harmful effects ng charcoal, male-lessen with the use of briquettes, given pa its abundance,
walang matatapakang industry.

Research questions:

Flammability

Energy content

gaani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPcEbtNQSQA

https://quatr.us/science/charcoal-history-science.htm

http://scinet.dost.gov.ph/union/ShowSearchResult.php?s=2&f=&p=&x=&page=&sid=1&id=Carbonized+
rice+husk+%28CRH%29&Mtype=ANALYTICS

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