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Briquetagem: briquetadeiras, briquetes, picadores de madeira, secadores, silos, transportadores, usinas logoBriquetagem: briquetadeiras, briquetes, picadores de madeira, secadores, silos, transportadores, usinas logo

WHAT ARE BRIQUETTES?

Briquettes are products obtained by mechanically compacting plant-based waste.

Briquettes can be produced from a range of materials, including:

 
  • Wood waste
  • Cotton waste      
  • Maize waste
  • Elephant grass
  • Signalgrass 
 		 
  • Rice husks
  • Coffee husks
  • Peanut husks
  • Sunflower husks
  • Sugarcane bagasse
 

Briquettes are firewood replacements, that is, they are a form of fuel.
They are an ecologically correct alternative to generates heat in furnaces and boilers.

Ceramics, meat-packing and food industries, hospitals, hotels, bakeries and pizzerias can employ briquettes in their processes.

Among the many benefits of briquettes are:

 
  • High calorific value
  • Burn consistency
  • Easy to handle
  • Clean (insect free)
 		 
  • Less storage space required
  • Lower rates of pollution
  • Ecologically correct
  • Reduces deforestation
 


In terms of calorific value:

1 ton of briquettes = 4 m³ to 5 m³ of firewood

BRIQUETTES x FIREWOOD:

  Product Type of waste Greater calorific value [kcal/kg] Specific weight [kg/m³] Bulk weight [kg/m³] Moisture content  
  BRIQUETTE Rice husks 3,800 1,100 650 - 700 12%  
  BRIQUETTE Coffee husks 4,100 1,100 650 - 700 12%  
  BRIQUETTE Cotton waste 4,300 1,100 650 - 700 12%  
  BRIQUETTE Pine waste 4,600 1,170 700 - 750 12%  
  BRIQUETTE Sugarcane bagasse 4,700 1,100 650 - 700 14%  
  BRIQUETTE Hardwood waste 4,900 1,200 750 - 800 12%  
  BRIQUETTE Eucalyptus waste 4,800 1,180 720 - 780 12%  
  FIREWOOD Comercial wood 2,200 a 2,500 600 350 - 400 25% - 30%