| This study evaluated a boiler designed for small scale palm fruit processing for its performance. The boiler was evaluated for its fuel consumption, steam production rate and efficiency using 100 kg of different fuel samples (shell, palm fibre, empty fruit bunch (efb) and wood) with known calorific value and their combinations for a period of 60 minutes firing time. The rate of fuel consumption by the furnace differs with the type of fuel materials as 100 kg of shell and 100 kg of wood burnt within 55 minutes firing time while the combination of shell and wood was burnt within 60 minutes of its firing time under the same condition. Combination of shell and efb lasted for 50 minutes during firing while efb alone burnt completely within 35 minutes. The... |
