Assessment of Local Domestic Solid Fuel Sources: A Kenyan Case Study in Kisii, Bomet and Narok Counties
Biomass (ecology)
Renewable energy
Pulp and paper industry
670
Combustion
Organic chemistry
02 engineering and technology
7. Clean energy
Engineering
11. Sustainability
Carbon fibers
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Proximate analysis
Water content
Decomposition profile
Composite number
Pollution
Algorithm
Chemistry
Coal
Charcoal
Physical Sciences
Metallurgy
SDG-07: Affordable and clean energy
Biomedical Engineering
Solid fuel
Environmental engineering
FOS: Medical engineering
Firewood
Environmental science
Briquette
Solid Fuels
Indoor Air Pollution in Developing Countries
FOS: Mathematics
Waste management
Biology
Household Fuel Use
Decomposition
Household combustion
Stove
FOS: Environmental engineering
Biomass Pyrolysis and Conversion Technologies
Materials science
Agronomy
Geotechnical engineering
Solid fuels
13. Climate action
Environmental Science
Mathematics
DOI:
10.1007/s42250-023-00601-x
Publication Date:
2023-02-21T19:24:02Z
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ABSTRACT
AbstractProximate analyses and decomposition profiles of solid fuels commonly used in Kenya were studied to determine their relative suitability for use as a clean and efficient source of energy in households. The moisture, volatile matter, ash, and fixed carbon content of firewood, charcoal, and briquette samples were investigated, as well as their decomposition profiles under various temperature regimes. Except for the ash content of the briquette sample, which deviated slightly likely due to the presence of binders, all the values were within acceptable limits according to International Energy Agency and World Health Organization. Decomposition profiles revealed that mass change during combustion tends to occur primarily between 350 and 500 °C once the majority of the volatiles had been released. Briquette samples proved to be the most dependable and suitable household fuel due to their longer combustion time and lower volatile matter content, implying lower emissions.
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