Síntesis y caracterización de briquetas de una mezcla de carbón de cáscara de macadamia, cascaras del fruto de la palma africana y biomasa para la producción de biocoque metalúrgico.

Abstract

The objective of this research is to synthesize and characterize the reactivity of the biomass contained in the Briquettes for the production of Metallurgical Bio-Coke, the biomass used in macadamia (Macadamia tetraphylla) and African palm (Elaeis guineensis) as raw material for the briquettes. Nine mixtures of different compositions were made, where only the percentage of each raw material varied in order to verify which would have better efficiency in the blast furnace. A quality check process was carried out through analyzing such mechanical resistance, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), thermogravimetric analysis differential scanning calorimetry (TGA-DSC) which are decisive to verify the effectiveness of the coke. The research method used in this research is specifically analytical since it aims at verifying the initial physical and calorific properties of both the raw material (industrial waste) as well as the product to be obtained (metallurgical bio-coke). A mong the analyses developed such as the mechanical compression, briquette 5 is the one that presents the greatest effort and briquette 7 the one with the least effort, therefore treatment and mixing carried out on briquette 5 is more feasible to be used in the steel industry; while, number 7 could experience variables such as cracks. After the analysis of the results, it can be concluded that raw materials such as macadamia (Macadamia tetraphylla) and African palm (Elaeis guineensis) can be used in blast furnace in the form of briquettes. In turn, the use of metallurgical Bio-coke could potentially reduce the emissions of polluting gases into the atmosphere in order to take advantage of an agro-industrial waste that is not usually used.