Physical and Combustion Characteristics of Briquettes Made from Water Hyacinth and Phytoplankton Scum as Binder

Table 4

Combustion characteristics of water hyacinth briquettes and binder proportions.

Combustion parameters	Binder ratio
	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%
Thermal fuel efficiency (%)	19.67±0.23d	21.82±0.35c	23.67±0.21b	31.24±0.48a	31.73±0.93a
Calorific value (Kcal/kg)	3563±76.94e	3791±83.15d	3864±41.03c	4195±32.96b	4281±90.78a
Ignition time (min.)	73.54±3.37e	88.27±1.23d	93.54±3.82c	114.37±4.12b	123.42±3.47a
Burning rate (g/min)	2.25±0.01a	2.01±0.03b	1.89±0.04c	1.71±0.02d	1.63±0.02e

Means with same letter along the column are not significantly different (𝑃>0.05).