Assessment of Rice Husk Briquette Fuel Use as an Alternative Source of Woodfuel

Abstract

Biomass is predominantly used in a very traditional primitive conversion technology and causing wastage a lot of energy. Thus creates an extra pressure on the forest biomass to meet the shortage of woody biomass fuel. This study is carried out to find out the alternate resource of woody biomass fuel, to quantify the amount of wood fuel replaced by the woody biomass, and reduction of deforestation as well as reduction of carbon dioxide emission from the deforestation process. Rice husk briquette is a viable replacement for woody biomass fuel. The production of rice husk briquette fuel and the production of wood fuel are analysed. The potential replacement of wood fuel with rice husk briquette fuel is determined and the reduction of deforestation and carbon dioxide are analysed and discussed. There is a potential of 2.85 million tonne of rice husk briquette production in the country every year that could substitute about 4.66 million tonne of wood fuel thus saves 24.14 thousand hectare equivalent of forest land from deforestation process annually. As a results reduced deforestation process would develop a carbon stockin the existing forest leading towards a sustainable development of forest resources in Bangladesh