Although this plant has currently been considered to be a weed, it can be utilized as an alternative fuel source for arid lands or rural use [5]. In fact, it has been observed that this plant is used as fuel in the villages of Van and Bitlis Provinces
of Eastern Turkey. Measurements in this study have shown
that heat content of this plant is 15.9 MJ/kg and its sulfur rate
is very low [6]. However, this plant is naturally loose (low density) and spiky, and so, it is difficult to carry, handle, store, and utilize. In general, because annual plants to be utilized as biomass fuel are loose (low density), they should be densified in suitable forms in order to control their burning speed and to
transform them into artificial fuels [7]. Therefore, this plant
should be picked up and densified with a suitable pressing
method to make solid fuel with convenient size and shapes for
use. It has reported that biomass fuels could be burnt in
fluidized bed combustion chamber [8].