Development of Manually Operated Piston Press Type briquetting Machine

In recent years, the use of biomass as a source of energy became of great interest world-wide because of its environmental advantages. The use of biomass for energy production (biofuels) has been increasingly proposed as a substitute for fossil fuels. Fuel wood ranks first, at 252.1 million tonnes, followed by dung-cakes, at 106.9 million tonnes and agricultural residue, at 99.2 million tonnes of annual consumption. Similarly, the per capita consumption figures are also high for fuel wood at 250 kg, 50 kg for animal dung and 134 kg for crop residues. This is further corroborated by the energy consumption estimation given by NCAER (Gangadhar et al.,2015). Biomass can also offer an immediate solution for the reduction of the CO2 content in the atmosphere. It has three other main advantages: firstly its availability can be nearly unlimited, secondly it is locally produced and thirdly it can be used essentially without damage to the environment. In International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 12 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com