TY  - JOUR
AU  - Wilaipon, Patomsok 
PY  - 2009
TI  - The Effects of Briquetting Pressure on Banana-Peel Briquette and the Banana Waste in Northern Thailand 
JF  - American Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajassp.2009.167.171
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2009.167.171
AB  - Banana is considered as one of the most important agricultural products of Northern Thailand. A large amount of banana peel has been left as garbage after industrial processes. The raw material is plentiful and has low economic value. Therefore, the characteristics of banana-peel briquettes including banana peel properties were investigated. The briquettes were produced with pressures ranging from 3 to 11 MPa. Molasses was used as the binder. According to some standard tests, it was found that briquettes produced with compaction pressure over 7 MPa passed both impact resistance and compressive strength tests. The density-pressure relationship and strength-pressure relationship over studied range were also developed and validated.