For briquetting tests, sufficiently mature dry soda weeds
were collected from the fields within the university campus,
Particle length distribution of chopped soda weed was ranged
1–5 mmfor 72%of samples although there were fine fraction (0–
1 mm)of 9% and coarse fraction (5–10 mm)of 19%. Bulk density
. It was
observed that leaf and stem of the weed had become very fine
in the hammer mill but the branches had not.
of chopped of soda weed was measured to be 172 kg/m
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