Physiochemical Characterization of Briquettes Made from Different Feedstocks

Table 1

Changes in chemical composition (%) due to briquetting.

	Glucose	Xylose	Lignin	Ash	Extractives
Control
CS	36.0^f	15.3^c	22.4^d	10.9^c	11.3^e
SG	31.2^g	19.5^a	24.7^c	5.6^d	18.5^b
PCG	31.5^g	15.5^bc	21.4^d	5.6^d	20.3^a
Sawdust	39.1^e	10.5^f	33.6^a	5.3^d	7.5^f
Pigeon pea	50.3^a	10.8^f	24.2^c	3.2^f	6.1^g
Cotton stalk	42.5^d	16.5^b	24.4^c	5.2^d	6.3^g
Briquettes
CS	38.4^e	10.1^gf	21.9^d	11.9^b	12.9^d
SG	36.0^f	19.0^a	24.8^c	3.7^ef	16.5^b
PCG	37.0^ef	12.0^e	22.5^d	5.3^d	17.0^b
Sawdust	44.8^c	13.3^d	39.1^b	3.9^e	4.2^h
Pigeon pea	47.3^b	9.2^g	21.0^d	4.2^e	13.9^c
Cotton stalk	38.8^e	14.8^c	22.2^d	14.6^a	6.2^g

Different letters within the same column indicates that means are statistically different (𝑃<0.05).