Research Article
Experimental Investigation of Thermal Characteristics of Kiwira Coal Waste with Rice Husk Blends for Gasification
Table 1
Proximate and ultimate results.
| Sample | Kiwira coal waste | Rice husks |
| Moisture content (%) | 3.26 ± 0.04 | 7.2 ± 0.02 | Proximate, % dry basis | VM | 16.84 ± 0.21 | 59.59 ± 0.43 | FC | 19.23 ± 0.77 | 17.29 ± 0.45 | Ash | 63.93 ± 0.57 | 23.12 ± 0.06 |
| Proximate, % dry basis | C | 19.68 ± 0.33 | 38.13 ± 0.12 | H | 2.07 ± 0.03 | 4.59 ± 0.005 | O | 12.89 ± 0.36 | 33.10 ± 0.08 | Cl | NIL | 0.31 ± 0.002 | S | 1.00 ± 0.04 | 0.06 ± 0.003 | N | 0.43 ± 0.01 | 0.68 ± 0.032 |
| HHV MJ/kg daf | 22.0 ± 0.35 | 19.6 ± 0.04 |
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