BRIQUETTE BURNER

Abel Christena Francis, Akhiljith A, Allen Alexander, Bibin K Baby

Abstract: With the present day large dependence and rise in price of cooking gas and also the less availability of alternative fuel like firewood which could cause pollution, there comes, the need of a more efficient fuel or burner. So our idea deals with the building of a domestic burner which serves as a cooking stove which is exclusively working on an alternative fuel. The fuel used for this burner is compressed sawdust (Biomass Briquettes). Briquetting of residues take place with the application of pressure, heat and binding agent on the loose materials to produce the briquettes. Briquettes are conventionally used in large industries as a fuel for boilers and gasifiers. Briquettes are not used for domestic purposes due their poor ignitability. Our aim is to develop a domestic burner that would easily ignite these briquettes and improve the efficiency of the heat obtained which can be used for domestic cooking. Our design is intended to reduce dangerous exposure to unnecessarily high levels of smoke, avoiding the illnesses by these smoke, while maintaining desirable aspects of current cooking techniques, including reliability, simplicity and low cost. The burner of our design can suitably and most efficiently burn the saw dust briquettes with additional facility of maintaining heat. This burner contains an insulated combustion chamber with provision for adequate air supply. The combustion chamber design is to concentrate the flame and heat to the cooking utensils for maximum efficiency.

Keywords: BRIQUETTE BURNER

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0306012