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Biomass fuel
Biomass is waste plant material, e.g. sawdust, straw.
Biomass briquettes can be used as domestic or industrial fuel.
Benefits of biomass briquettes
- Financial: no 1. for materials.
- Convenience: clean and easy to handle and 2..
Production by machine
- Biomass is first converted to a 3.. Then other substances are added.
- The machine expels the mixture through 4.of different shapes.
- N.B. Only a relatively small amount of 5. is needed to operate the machine.
Production by hand
- Biomass is mixed with water and sticky material, e.g. 6. and then pressed into shape.
Current use
Europe and the USA
- Briquettes have been in use for some time for 7..
The use of briquettes made from wood has increased rapidly.
India and China
1990s: briquette manufacture began.
- 2002: China had about 600 8..
Uganda
- Customers are mainly public institutions or 9..
Prospects for biomass fuel
- The 10. is likely to increase.
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