@inproceedings{86d8bd44a0e04e1da2d2a1bfed7087c6,
title = "Assessing the potential to produce shoe wax using agricultural waste bio char as an additive",
abstract = "Huge amounts of agricultural waste are being generated daily in Sub Saharan Africa and are being left to rot resulting in the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane into the environment and eventually climate change effects. In this study, agricultural waste was converted to bio char and its potential to be used as an additive in shoe wax production evaluated. Slow pyrolysis of the agricultural waste was done at 400 °C for 3 hours resulting in a bio char yield of 65%. This bio char was added with beeswax in the ratio 1:1 to result in a shoe wax. The produced shoe wax physiochemical properties compared very well to the standard shoe waxes available on the market. This study revealed that agro waste bio char can be utilized as a raw material in organic shoe wax production.",
keywords = "Agricultural waste, Bio char, Hoe wax, Pyrolysis",
author = "Manyuchi, {M. M.} and T. Hondo and C. Mbohwa and E. Muzenda and M. Mpeta",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, IEOM Society International.; 4th North American IEOM Conference. IEOM 2019 ; Conference date: 23-10-2019 Through 25-10-2019",
year = "2019",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781532359507",
series = "Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management",
publisher = "IEOM Society",
pages = "1--4",
booktitle = "4th North American IEOM Conference. IEOM 2019",
}
