Briquette Manufacturing: Biomass Briquettes & its Production Process

Briquetting Process: Transforming Waste into Fuel

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Briquetting involves converting waste into fuel logs. These briquettes are a renewable energy source derived from waste materials. Briquetting plants utilize waste from forests and agricultural farms. This article will explore the briquetting process using a briquetting machine.

What Are Biomass Briquettes and How Are They Produced?

Biomass briquettes are a type of biofuel used as an energy source in various industries. Produced using a biomass briquette machine, they are made from flammable biomass material compressed into small, round logs suitable for fuel. Biomass briquettes, often a waste byproduct, contribute to reducing carbon footprints and generating electricity from agricultural or forest waste instead of fossil fuels.

Steps in the Production Process of Biomass Briquettes:

1. Collection of Raw Material
   - The initial step involves collecting waste material from agricultural farms and forests, which serves as the raw material for briquetting plants.

2. Crushing of Raw Material
   - Next, the raw material is crushed into smaller sizes suitable for briquetting machines. Equipment like chipper grinders, shredders, and hammer mills are used depending on the raw material’s in-feed size.

3. Drying of Raw Material
   - The raw material's moisture content is reduced to 8-12%, necessary for briquetting. Flash dryers or rotary dryers are used based on the raw material's moisture level and size.

4. Compacting of Raw Material
   - The raw material is compacted with high-pressure mechanical punches, pressing it into a briquette die. The high pressure releases a self-bonding adhesive from the raw material, aiding in binding.

5. Shaping of Raw Material
   - The final step shapes the briquettes into the proper cylindrical form using dies, split pipes, and briquette cooling lines.

6. Packing & Selling of Briquettes
   - Once cooled, the briquettes are ready for use. They are sold to consumers, either packaged or loose, depending on their intended application. The price varies based on the raw material used.

Conclusion

Choosing a reputable biomass solution manufacturer is crucial for producing briquettes from waste. An experienced briquette plant manufacturer can help you stay competitive. To produce low-cost, high-quality briquettes, consider factors like machine running costs, wear and tear parts costs, and plant downtime.

A reliable manufacturer will recommend the best options based on your needs. For top-quality and advanced technology biomass briquette machines, consider Tiantai, known for providing excellent plants and services to customers for many years.

In recent years, briquetting plants are an eco-friendly technology that converts various residues such as forestry, agricultural and industrial waste into solid blocks. Its application is in line with the general situation of green development, and the market expectations are very good.

What preparations should be made to set up a briquetting plant? How to configure a briquetting production line? Is there a reliable briquetting equipment manufacturer? FTM Machinery will answer them one by one for you.

What factors are considered in building a briquetting plant?

A briquetting plant is a complex project, which needs some preparations to maximize the value of your final products.

Before setting up a briquetting plant, you'd better do the following preparations:

1. 1Assess your local market and demand for briquettes.
2. 2Determine the purpose and size of a briquetting plant.
3. 3Analyze the market share of your competitors.
4. 4Be clear about the quality and quantity of raw materials.
5. 5Make sure you have enough land to build the briquetting plant.
6. 6Research and obtain required licenses, certificates, and environmental permits.
7. 7Calculate all possible costs, and purchase equipment according to your production requirements and budget.

Whether you can get profits from your briquetting plant investment depends on many factors, including market demand, machine prices, labor costs, raw material costs, transportation charges, etc.

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But a reasonable briquetting production line is the key to profitability. High-quality briquetting equipment can effectively improve efficiency and save costs.

Production processes of briquetting plant

The technological process of the briquetting production line usually includes several stages such as raw material preparation, crushing, drying, briquetting, and packaging.

Step 1. Preparing raw material

Identify the material that needs to be briquetted, such as charcoal, soot, metal scraps, or copper scraps, to ensure they are suitable for briquetting. Screening or classification of raw materials to remove impurities.

Step 2. Crushing

Large pieces of raw material often need to be crushed and reduced in size for better briquetting properties. There are many types of crushers, which can be adapted to different raw materials.

This step should be omitted if the raw material is already in powder forms, such as charcoal powder or metal powder.

Step 3. Drying

If the moisture content of the raw material is too high, it needs to be dried to reduce the moisture content and improve the molding efficiency. The specific moisture content varies with different raw materials, and most of the raw materials are around 8%.

Step 4. Mixing

Raw material needs to be mixed according to different material ratios to ensure that the pressed product is uniform. Mixing time is generally 10-15 minutes until the raw materials are mixed evenly.

Step 5. Briquetting

The most critical step is the briquetting process, which starts with pre-pressing, the purpose of which is to compress the raw material into a certain shape, size, and density.

Then adjust the pressure and temperature to formally press to ensure the quality and shape of the finished product. The briquetting mold can be in the shape of square, round, oval, pillow, etc.

Step 6. Cooling and packaging

After the briquettes are formed, they need to be cooled to reduce their temperature and increase their strength. Cooling can be achieved through natural air cooling or using a cooling system. Once cooled, the briquettes can be packaged for storage or transportation.

FTM Machinery briquette plant equipment for sale

According to the above briquetting process flow, what equipment is required for a high-quality briquetting plant? The specific equipment model may vary depending on the raw materials, production capacity, and desired briquette type.

Other auxiliary equipment

• Carbonizing machine: If the raw material is coconut shells, sawdust, rice husk, peanut shell, straw, bark, waste wood, and other raw materials with high biomass content, first use a carbonization furnace to carbonize the biomass or agricultural wastes.
• Screening machine: If the requirements for crushing particles are strict, the screening machine can screen different specification materials to obtain the required particle size.
• Packing machine: Package the finished briquettes into suitable containers or bags for storage, transport, or sale at the market.

Successful cases of briquetting plant

FTM Machinery has some successful cases of briquetting plants around the world. These have demonstrated the potential of briquetting plants to address waste management, enhance energy efficiency, and promote sustainable practices.

50 T/H charcoal briquetting plant in the USA

• Material: Charcoal (carbonized wood, wood chips, coconut shell)
• Feeding size: 10 cm
• Discharging size: 25 mm
• Final product shape: Egg shape
• Estimated budget: $32,000
• Required equipment: Jaw crusher, conveyers, carbonization furnace, vibrating screen, binder, mixer, charcoal briquette machine

10-30 T/H coal ash briquetting plant in Kenya

• Material: Coal ash, coal
• Feeding size: 5 cm
• Briquette thickness: 25 mm
• Briquette diameter: 50 mm
• Estimated budget: $12,000
• Required equipment: Double roller crusher, conveyers, rotary dryer, mixer, briquette making machine

100 T/H iron ore fines briquetting plant in Tanzania

• Material: Iron ore fines, iron chips
• Feeding size: 30 cm
• Discharging size: 50 mm
• Final product shape: Round
• Estimated budget: $23,000
• Required equipment: Jaw crusher, conveyors, vibrating screen, hydraulic briquette machines (2 sets)

Here are other cases of briquette production lines:

• A Charcoal Briquette Plant in South Africa
• Biomass Briquettes Machines in the Philippines

Investing in a briquetting plant is a wise choice

Nowadays, many countries have realized that excessive use of coal and fossil fuels causes resource shortages as well as serious environmental pollution problems.

Now, countries such as the UK, India, the Philippines, and Uganda encourage their people to make full use of biomass and agricultural waste as new fuels, and recycle industrial waste, thereby creating a profitable market.

Conclusion

All in all, a briquetting plant is a good investment project. After the raw materials go through the steps of crushing - drying - mixing - briquetting - packaging, etc., they can form dense briquettes, which integrate environmental protection and economy.

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