Biomass briquette machine is a machine to convert loose biomass wastes such as sawdust, paddy straws, wheat straws, rice husks, shells, bagasse and other forestry wastes and agriculture residues into high density biomass briquettes. In Brazil, there are many briquette plants using biomass briquette machine to process biomass briquettes.
Raw Materials of Biomass Briquette Machine in Brazil
Brazil is a country which uses biomass briquettes early for its abundant raw materials of producing biomass briquettes. Brazil is a eminently agriculture country. It is the major producer of cane sugar, coffee, corn and soybean. Each year large quantity of biomass residues are generated in Brazil. Paddy straws, bean straws, maize straws and wheat straws, rice husks, coffee husks and bagasses are the main agriculture residues in Brazil. These agriculture wastes are all good raw materials for biomass briquettes. And what’s more, most of the residues contain below 15% moisture which can directly used for briquette making. While sugarcane bagasses, the main agriculture waste in Brail contain about 50% moisture and need to be dried before briquetting. In addition, wood residues are also very rich in Brazil. According to statistics, there were about 274 sawmill or furniture industries generated wood residues, and most of these residues can be convert to biomass briquettes.
Biomass Briquette Machine in Brazil
According to the survey, most of the Brazilian biomass making machines are manufactured by the Brazilian main briquette press manufacturer and most of its briquette presses are piston type. Compared with the roller type briquette machine, the piston type biomass briquette machine can briquetting raw materials with a higher moisture content, however, the production capacity and briquettes quality are not has high as roller type biomass briquette machines. Most of biomass briquettes used in Brazil are solid fuel rods or bricks and used in food stores, pizza restaurants, bakeries and fuelwood -burning furnaces. Brazilian biomass briquette plants focus their markets on the regional market and the briquette also exported to the United States and European.
Limitations of the Development of Biomass Briquette in Brazil
Though with abundance raws materials for biomass briquette in Brazil, the market is not as vast as it should be. The main problem is that the technology of biomass briquetting in Brazil limit its development. The piston type briquette machines made it hard to have large quantity production, so to solve the technique problems of briquetting in Brazil may the task for all of the biomass briquette machine manufactures.
