| This study evaluated the physico-mechanical characteristics of rice husk briquettes using plantain peels and gum Arabic as binders. The rice husk residues were milled into particle size of 1.18 to 0.6 mm, plantain peels and gum Arabic as binders at binder ratios of 10%, 20%, and 30% by weight of the rice husk residue. The two sets of briquettes produced were cylindrical in shape with a central hole using cylindrical die (70 mm height × 50 mm diameter) in a hydraulic press briquetting machine at a dwell time of 5 min, under a die pressure of 2.5 MPa. The physical and mechanical properties analyzed were moisture content, relaxed density, stability, durability index, water resistance index and compressive strength. The data obtained were statistically... |
