Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(11): 640-651 640 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.811.077 Analysis of Paddy straw, Paddy Husk and Saw Dust Briquettes by using Hand Operated Briquetting Machine Nitesh A. Pachpor 1 *, Priti P. Lad 1 , Ganesh S. Bhatane 2 , Saurabh S. Bajare 2 and Ramesh J. Pilghar 2 1 Department of Renewable Energy Technology, 2 Department of Agriculture Process Engineering, College of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Saralgaon, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction The overall pollution in the world is increasing day by day and the major contribution to this pollution is the use of fossil fuels, hence there is huge push to reduce the usage of fossil fuels and to look for the alternative biomass fuel. Developing countries are facing huge problem with waste management and agro residues such International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 11 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Every year millions of tones of agriculture waste are generated which are either destroyed or burnt inefficiently in loose form causing air pollution. Briquetting technology is one of the renewable sources of energy that was devised to address problems regarding global warming. In India biomass is the most dominant source of energy and is used significantly in the domestic sector notably charcoal and wood fuel. Despite huge amount of agricultural waste generation in the rural areas, the rural folks use charcoal and wood fuel, which leads to deforestation. Therefore to reduce the use of conventional fuels, use of biomass as a fuel can be placed as a substitute. Biomass can be used in the form of briquettes to replace the conventional fuels to some extent. Comparison of different biomass ratio for the briquette production was carried out. In intial sample, rice straw and cow dung in proportion of produced briquettes, in second sample rice husk, rice straw and cow dung and in third samaple saw dust, rice straw and cow dung in proportionate were taken to produce briquette by using hand operated Briquetting machine and compared its proximate and ultimate analysis of Briquettes. Keywords Rice straw, Rice Husk, Saw Dust, Proximate analysis and Ultimate analysis Accepted: 07 October 2019 Available Online: 10 November 2019 Article Info