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Cashew Shell Cake

 

It is the by-product of extracting CNSL. It is one of the best fuels mainly used by cashew industries, tile manufacturing units and others. It is a good substitute for Charcoal that is used by many cottage industries. The chemical analysis of the cashew shell oil cake is as follows.

I

 Gross Calorific Value :

5056 Koal / Kg

II

Proximate analysis (% weight)

Moisture :

8.85

Volatile matter:

68.03

Ash :

2.00

Fixed Carbon :

21.12

III

Ultimate Analysis

Carbon :

46.08

Hydrogen :

3.88

Nitrogen :

0.21

Sulphur :

NIL

Mositure :

8.85

Ash :

2.00

Oxygen :

38.98

IV

Bulk density :

0.4430g/cc

V

Ash Chemical composition (% by weight)

Silca (Si02) :

61.83

Iron Oxide (as Fe203) :

3.99

Aluminium Oxide :

1.99

Calcium Oxide (as CaO) :

25.64

Magnesium Oxide ( as Mgo) :

1.88

Sodium Oxide (as Na20) :

0.65

Potassium (as P205) :

Traces

Sulphate ( as P205 ) :

Traces

Phosphate ( as P205) :

Traces
VI Ash Fusion Characteristics

Intial defoamation temperature (T1) :

 840

Herrisphericla temperature (T2) :

920

Fusion temparature (T3) :

1010

 

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