Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) peelings
as Charcoal briquette
Researcher: Jullianne Kryshma C. Andres 11- STEM
Consultant: Aezelle Espiritu
I. Title
“Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) peelings as Charcoal briquette”
II. Measurable variables
Number of briquettes
III. Data gathering procedures
A. Preparation of Marang peels
The marang peels will be collected and it will be sun dried and half burned.
Don’t allow them to burn completely. If the marang peels already half burned, It will
be crashed.
B. Preparation of the mixture
Two (2) cups of flour will be mixed with a cold water and boil it with a
medium heat to 5-10 minutes. Add the mixture to the crashed marang peels. You will
mold the crashed marang peels with a cylinder shape. Wait 2 minutes until it dries.
IV. Review of Related Literature
Charcoal briquette is a compressed block of coal dust or
other combustible biomass material such as charcoal, sawdust, wood
chips, peat, or paper used for fuel and kindling to start a fire. The term
comes from the French language and is related to brick.
Charcoal is a desirable fuel because it produces a hot, long-lasting, virtually
smokeless fire. Combined with other materials and formed into uniform chunks
called briquette, it js popularly used for outdoor cooking in America. Basic
charcoal is produced by burning a carbon rich material such as wood in a low
oxygen atmosphere. This process drives off the moisture and volatile gases that
were present in the original fuel. The resulting charred material not only burns
longer and more steadily than whole wood, but it is much lighter (one-fifth to
one-third of its original weight).
The Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus), also called terap,marang, johey
oak, green pedalai, madang,tarap, or timadang, is a tree in
the mulberryand fig family Moraceae. It is native toBorneo, Palawan,
and Mindanao Island, and is closely related to the jackfruit, cempedak, and
breadfruit trees which all belong to the same genus, Artocarpus.
Marang has a distinct sweet odor and like durian.
Bioethanol fuel is mainly produced by the sugar fermentation process,
although it can also be manufactured by the chemical process of reacting ethylene
with steam. The main sources of sugar required to produce ethanol come from
fuel or energy crops. Ethanol burns to produce carbon dioxide and water. Marang
fruit is a very sweet and juicy. The peelings contain bio-ethanol that is useful
component for making a biofuel because of this, the researcher decided to test the
effectiveness of marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) peeling as an alternative
source of biofuel.
Table
Measurable variables What is needed? It is in the plant?
Number of briquettes Bio-ethanol Marang fruit is a very sweet
and juicy. Bioethanol fuel is
mainly produced by the sugar
fermentation process.