Improvised Rice Hull Carbonizer

DESIGNING, CONSTRUCTING, AND PERFORMANCE TESTING

OF IMROVISED RICE HULL CARBONIZER

A Research Paper

Presented to the Faculty and Staff of

QUIRINO GENERAL HIGH SCHOOL

Cabarroguis, Quirino

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in

Research II

Presented by:

Giowie Mar M. Dulnuan

Xyzanie N. Garingan

Renz DJ Son P. Ordinario

Danielle Ann D. Ramiterre

Julven Job M. Taboy

( Researchers)

S.Y. 2016-2017

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Researcher s would like to express their gratitude to the following:

To Mrs. Imelda C. Sibayan, Research II teacher, for her unflagging assistance, motivation, support, and         guidance for editing this paper that contributed a lot on the success of the study.

To Mr. Charles Louie Tanora and Mr. Roman Pagaduan Jr. being the speakers in the seminar on writing a         research paper and teaching the basics of editing a paper.

To mrs. Ma. Victoria Soriano for giving ideas about our research

To Mrs. Nona Dayawon, class adviser of IV- Maxwell, and to their subject teachers who gave consideration         and support especially when there is a need to borrow their respected time. They also gave encouragements to the researchers which motivate them to strive more on this study.

To Mrs.Rowena Castillo for critiquing the grammars and construction of the sentences in accomplishing this research paper.

To Mrs.Nimfa F. Yarcia, their school principal for her unending support to all the group of researcher.

To Mr.Kenneth Agron and Mr.Toppher Dulnuan for guiding and helping them to construct their research.

To Engr.Noemie Garingan for voluntarily providing some materials needed.

To their Alma Mater, Quirino General High School, for the inspiration it gave to each of the researcher      

To their loving and ever supporting parents, Engr. & Mrs Efren Garingan, Mr.&Mrs. William Dulnuan,         Mr.&Mrs.   Ordinario, Mr.&Mrs. Danilo Ramiterre, Mr.&Mrs. Taboy, to their relatives, who gave moral, spiritual, and financial support and sharing knowledge to the researcher. in every aspect.  They serve as the researcher’s inspiration, hope, and strength to continue and pursue their study.

To all their friends and classmates who is always willing to give a hand and encouragements when they need it the most.

Above all, our Heavenly Father who continuously pour His blessings upon His children and provides the researcher enough knowledge and wisdom all through the way.

                                                                         THE RESEARCHERS

ABSTRACT

With the purpose of providing a carbonizer which can help lessen amount of smoke, this study entitled “Designing, Constructing and Performance Testing of Improvised Rice Hull Carbonizer” was done. This study from done March 5-25,2017 at Cajel, Diffun, Quirino for the construction and at Quirino General High School for the testing.

The performance of the Improvise Rice Hull Carbonizer was tested in terms of: time of burning, initial and final mass (g), appearance of the carbonized rice hull and the quality of smoke.

The result showed that the time of burning the 1000 grams of rice hull was 2535 seconds without using the filter and 2730  seconds of burning using the filter. The result showed that it takes more time in burning when using the filter or the carbonizer. The initial mass of the rice hull was 1000 grams (1kg). The final mass of the rice hull was 900 grams without using the carbonizer/filter. And using the carbonizer/filter, the final mass of the rice hull became 930 grams. And when using the carbonizer in burning, the amount of smoke was reduced and turned the dark smoke into lighter smoke.

Based from the result, it can be concluded that the carbonizer performed slower in terms of time of burning and lessened small amount of rice hull. And it is more effective in reducing amount of smoke.

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1. Background of the Study

Quirino Province is well known for its vast agricultural land. A review of the agricultural sector in the region of Cagayan valley concluded that 21,799 thousand hectares were covered with rice field. On the other hand, disposal of rice hull also known as “ipa” has become a problem especially to millers who dump and burn these along roadside and considered the most unwanted part of it. To think of that 2.5 million tons of rice husk that are being accumulated from 13 M tons of palay during milling are just being thrown away.

Rice hull is the outermost layer covering the rice grain. It is commonly detached during milling and often burnt and turned into a waste. The rice hull is usually yellow in color and weightless that has density of only 0.1 gram. Due to lack of knowledge, farmers often neglect the benefits that this agricultural waste may bring to farmers not only were able to save on fertilizer but also reduce their carbon footprints thus contributing to the global effort of reducing the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere

        According to PhilRice, carbonated or carbonized rice hull is made from incomplete or partial burning of rice hull. It is porous and bulky with uniform intact black particles. Also rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium and micronutrients that is extremely important to growing crops. CRH is considered as a habitat for beneficial microorganism. Farmers use it as animal bedding to absorb urine and fresh manure.  Basically, burning a rice hull is what the majority know to utilize it. However, rice hull carbonizer is indeed a need in the production of CRH.

        Carbonizer is a container, or an apparatus that is used to reduce or convert a carbon-containing substance to carbon by the process of pyrolysis (partially burning). A typical type of carbonizer produces lot of smoke. That smoke can bring environmental hazards that can lead to many dangerous effects especially to health. However, this research pays attention and tends to eradicate the problem addressed.

B. Statement of the Problem        

This study sought to answer the following questions: