Review of Briquetting Machines

Understanding Biomass Briquettes

Producing briquettes from biomass stands out as an efficient method for reducing energy expenses and managing waste. As a renewable energy source, biomass briquettes—comprising wood briquettes, sawdust briquettes, and charcoal briquettes—are increasingly utilized in both industrial and residential heating, serving as an alternative to traditional fossil fuels, particularly coal. These briquettes can be crafted from various materials including wood, sawdust, crop remnants, grass, household waste, and animal by-products.
Briquettes are created using a briquetting machine, commonly referred to as a briquette maker or press. The production process involves applying high pressure and heat, which transforms lignin—a supportive polymer in the wood—into a binding substance that holds the briquettes together. This unique feature eliminates the need for any adhesives or binders, contributing to the smooth and lustrous exterior of wood briquettes.

Tiantai products are available globally and across multiple industries, prioritizing quality. We aim to offer our clients enhanced, high-value products, fostering a sustainable future together.

Advantages of Using Briquettes

Briquettes are recognized as compact heating fuels with significant benefits compared to traditional fossil fuels:

• Enhanced Burning Efficiency: Due to their compact nature, briquettes have a concentrated heat value, enabling them to produce more thermal energy compared to other fuels of similar size. Feedback from clients suggests that wood briquettes can achieve a burning efficiency increase of up to 40%.
• Compact Size: At GEMCO, we excel in reducing biomass feedstock size by up to 90%, resulting in a high bulk density. While raw biomass typically has a density around 60-180kg/m³, our briquettes exhibit a much higher density.
• Low Smoke and Ash: One key advantage of burning biomass or wood briquettes in fireplaces or stoves is their minimal smoke and fine ash production, depending on the material used. Advances in manufacturing technology and fuel energy standards are making the combustion of biomass fuels, including pellets and briquettes, increasingly clean and environmentally friendly.
• Convenient Storage and Transport: For businesses like sawmills, furniture manufacturers, or farms, converting biomass waste into briquettes provides an efficient solution for handling by-products. Regardless of shape—square, hexagon, or round—briquettes are easy to pack and transport.

Briquettes offer numerous other benefits including affordability, easy delivery, and recyclability.

Selecting the Right Briquetting Machine

With the growing trend in the briquetting industry, diverse designs of briquetting machines are now available. Generally, there are two primary types of briquette presses found in the market: stamping type and screw press briquetting machines, along with hydraulic models, each featuring distinct power-driven characteristics. Notably, integrated machines capable of producing both briquettes and pellets are gaining traction, particularly in China. Scientifically, this dual-function machine can be classified as an upgraded version of the stamping briquette press.
Considering the type of feedstock processed by a briquetting machine, there are makers specifically for charcoal briquettes, wood briquettes, paper briquettes, and even metal briquettes.

Briquetting Machine Analysis

Biomass Briquetting and the Packaging of Biogenic Waste Resources