Production Process of Making Briquettes

The production process of making briquettes is of great importance when using the briquette machine to produce biomass briquettes. The following shows the concrete steps of the production process of making briquettes, we hope it may helpful for your briquette production.

i.Sorting/sieving: all unwanted materials or large biomass waste are removed to ensure that all the feedstock is of the required size. For example, the raw sawdust you collect could contain unwanted larger pieces of wood. These can be sieved out with a wire mesh.

ii.Shred biomass materials into small pieces: The biomass materials are chopped into small pieces so as to enhance their workability and compactness. The process is dependent on the type of biomass feedstock. For example, coffee husks and saw dust would not require shredding but materials such as groundnut waste, bagasse, wheat straws, barley and maize straws and cobs would need to be chopped into small sizes. In the case of carbonised biomass, the materials would need to be grounded into small pieces after they have been carbonised.

iii.Mixing: This process is done in situations where you want to use a range of different feedstock to optimise the burning characteristics of the final fuel. For example, biomass materials with high ash content could be mixed with biomass material of low ash content. Biomass with low energy content such as papers can be appropriately mixed with those of high energy content. This helps to attain the right quality (long burning period, non-smoking and odour free) that will make briquettes competitive in the market.

iv.Binder: In addition to biomass mixing, an appropriate binder is added and mixed with the biomass thoroughly. This enhances the compactness of the biomass materials and prevents them from falling apart. An example of such binders include starch or clay rich in biomass.

v.Adding water: Water is usually added to the feedstock to make them loose and easy to work on. Some biomass materials require to be soaked in water for a number of days to ensure that they are soft enough to work on.

vi.Compaction & Drying: Finally the feedstock is ready for compaction, either by machine or by hand. The briquettes will need to be left to dry for up to a week.

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