Development And Characterization Of Briquette From Tannery Solid Waste

📄 Project Abstract

The tannery industry makes use of hides and skin which are by-products of meat industry to produce leather. In the course of leather production, a huge amount of solid waste is generated. For instance, processing 1000 kg of hide will produce 870 kg of solid waste which implies that only 270 kg goes into the finished leather. The problem of the tanner is to find an economic use for the collagen and other by-products not sold as leather which are polluting the environment and posing a threat to health. This thesis was aimed at the development of briquette from tannery solid waste. The compression molding machine installed in Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology, Zaria, Kaduna State was employed in the briquette production. Cassava starch was used as a binder. The elemental analysis of the raw material shows that 372,300 3,351 mg/kg, 68,580 274 mg/kg, 15,190 198 mg/kg, 6,770 528 mg/kg, 6,5627 mg/kg, 4,9095 mg/kg, 4,15375 mg/kg and 1,259180 mg/kg for Calcium Chlorine, Alumi...