Biobriquetting of rapeseed cake

One of the ways of obtaining biofuel is briquetting of biomass sources. In this study, without adding a binder the briquetting possibility of rapeseed cake obtained through cold press and Soxhlet extraction procedures has bee n investigated The shatter indices, water resistivities and calorific value s of the biobriquets were established. The biobriquet prepared from the ext racted cake tested under a pressure of 150 MPa and with a moisture level of 10.1% was determined as an alternative biofuel and subjected to thermograv imetric analysis in an oxidizing atmosphere of air.