Abstract
The ever-increasing energy demand has necessitated several researches on renewable and environmentally friendly alternatives. Nigeria, although blessed with tremendous renewable energy resources, has been feared that it "may fall into fossil fuel trap." Large quantities of agro-waste, including rice-husk, palm kernel shell, coconut shell, baggase, milling residue-sawdust, and plant biomass, such as grass, is produced by most developing countries including Nigeria. Briquetting of this loose biomass mitigates the problem of wide-spread air pollution through direct burning, reduces transportation and storage cost, and improves their calorific values. The prospect of utilizing grass as solid fuel in Nigeria is discussed in this article.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2519-2526 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Dec 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Copyright Taylor & Francis.
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Keywords
- Nigerias energy status
- agro-waste
- briquette technology
- environmental pollution
- grass
- renewable energy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Fuel Technology
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
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