SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION IN JIGAWA STATE: EVALUATING BIOMASS BRIQUETTES AN ALTERNATIVE TO FIREWOOD.

Environmental Engineering

Energy demand for daily life activities has been increasing globally, this demand posed threats to environment and nature in generally. In underdeveloped countries, numbers of people that solely depends on firewood for energy source are continuously increase, this resulting in severe environmental challenges. Most of this countries are agrarians, they produced million tons of biomass residues but unfortunately, they does not used these residue in a sustainable way or they tend to disposed it directly. In this study, a sustainable way of using biomass residues was highlighted. A biomass briquetting procedure was introduced as a sustainable way of handling various biomass residues. A biomass briquetting in the method of converting biomass residues (such as agro-waste residue, wood residues, municipal waste residues, and animal waste) into eco-friendly fuels. Biomass briquettes are classified based on the raw materials used and type of binding agents. Biomass briquettes is presented as a renewable source of energy as well as sustainable way of disposing wastes. The major production procedure of biomass briquettes involve sourcing of raw materials, drying, size reduction, binders addition, and densification. The key performance indicators for biomass briquettes are level of moisture content, ash content and calorific values. Additionally, a study was conducted for the assessing the availability of agro-waste biomass in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Major crops, theirs residues and annual production in year 2023 was analysed and presented. Millet husk, rice straw, sorghum straw and husk for making briquettes were highlighted. The study presented an opportunities and highlighted level of awareness of biomass briquette in Jigawa State.

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