DRY LEAF FIRE

STARTER
KLUANG HIGH SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION

Dry Leaf Fire Starter is a product intuited to ease the process of

making fire besides reducing production cost and pollution.
What is really unique about this product is that it produces
quite a low amount of soot during combustion. It also can be
handled easily without breaking it apart and it also able to
sustain a flame for a longer period of time than fire starters
available in the market.

MAKING METHODS

D.L Fire Starter is made from dried leaves and paraffin wax.
Paraffin wax is an excellent material for storing heat, with a
specific heat capacity of 2.14-2.9 J g-1K-1 (joules per gram
kelvin) and a heat of fusion of 200-220 J g-1 . The high content of
cellulose acts as binder to keep the product intact, thus making
this product easier to be handled and carried as it does not
break into small pieces easily.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

One of the problems that we have found is that most of the

available fire starters in the market are quite harmful if the
fumes are being inhaled due to the content of substanes like
hexamine.

Most of the ready-to-use fire starter products can only sustain

a flame for a short duration which is around 6 minutes.

The available fire starter products are quite difficult to be

handled as they are prone to break into pieces.

DESIGN CRITERIA

Function
Functions as a fuel to help fire-making especially for outdoor
activities such as camping. Variations in size are specified for
certain uses, e.g. bigger size for cooking etc.

Durability
High content of cellulose maintains the shape of the product.
Able to sustain a flame for 9 minutes.

Material compatibility
-Dry leaves
a. High content of cellulose helps to keep the product intact; reducing
the tendency to break when mishandled.
b. Cellulose is also a type of carbohydrate that is really difficult to be
broken down, thus the fire starter product can be kept for an
extended period of time without breaking apart.
c. Dry leaves are pretty easy to find in most places. Almost all types of
dry leaves can be used to make this product.

-Paraffin wax; hentriacontane, C31H64

a. Excellent material for storing heat, with a specific heat capacity
of
2.14-2.9 J g-1K-1 (joules per gram kelvin) ad a heat of fusion of
200220 J g-1 .
b. Gives out a temperature of around 1000 C when set a flame.
c.
Acknowledged for its low reactivity and low toxicity, this
material is
clearly better than hexamine to be used in places with high
humidity

ESTIMATED COST
NO.

MATERIALS

1.

DRY LEAVES

2.

PARAFFIN (500 ML )

RM1.80

3.

WAX / CANDLES

RM1.20

TOTAL

COST(RM)
-

RM3.00

COMMERCIAL VALUE

Dry Leaf Fire Starter possess a high commercial value as it only cost
RM3.00 per 10 units of 10 grams (1000 Korea Won) each to produce it.

This product is able to sustain a flame for up to 10 minutes.

More eco-friendly as it only releases low amount of smoke and soot

during burning.

The residue of this product can decompose.

The blue flame produced shows complete burning

The dry leaf fire starter has no expired date.

CONCLUSION

As a conclusion, this product has a really good commercial value

as it fulfils the criteria needed because nowadays people around
the world need and invention that an reduce the cost besides
easy to handle. This product is also fairly cheap to be produced,
as it only needs dry leaves and paraffin as main components.
This product also can sustain a flame for a longer period than fire
starter products available in the market. We really hope that this
product can be commercialized in the future as it is fairly cheap
to be produced and very useful.