COMPARATIVE CALORIFIC EVALUATION OF BIOMASS FUEL AND FOSSIL FUEL

In recent years, fossil fuels have been preferably used industrial purposes. Fossil fuels are highly flammable and effective but are very hazardous to the human environment. It is also one of the causes of the ozone layer depletion which humanity is battling presently. Biomass fuels are ma waste materials which have good properties that aid combustion, less hazardous and are effective for some domestic activities and in small presents the calorific evaluation and analysis of fossil fuel and bio highlights the effects of fossil fuels in terms of the dangers of increasing CO concentration in the atmosphere. It presents biomass fuel as a potential substitute for fossil fuel as a renewable energy by comparing the calorific values combustible samples such as: rice husk, petrol, diesel, corn cob using a C200 bomb calorimeter at the Landmark University energy laboratory to determine the calorific values and to examine if biomass can be used as a suitable replacement for fos asp 1576 editor@iaeme.com 1576–1590, Article ID: IJCIET_09_13_15 0976-6316 Scopus Indexed CALORIFIC EVALUATION OF FOSSIL FUEL C. O. Osueke Landmark University, Omu-Aran Kwara State T. M. A. Olayanju Engineering Department, Landmark University, Omu Kwara State C. A. Ezugwu Landmark University, Omu-Aran Kwara State A. O. Onokwai Landmark University, Omu-Aran Kwara State I. Ikpotokin Landmark University, Omu-Aran Kwara D. C. Uguru-Okorie Landmark University, Omu-Aran Kwara State F.C. Nnaji Landmark University, Omu-Aran Kwara State both for domestic and majorly agricultural small-scale industries. This paper biomass fuel. It also 158 C SIL Omu-Aran State jorly mass CO2 of various fossi