Why More People Like Bagasse Briquette Machine?
How to Deal With The Wasted Bagasse
In Africa, especially Kenya, there are many sugar factories. A large amount of fresh bagasse is shipped out from sugar mills every day. Due to the high moisture content, it cannot be used directly and becomes waste.
Wasted material takes up a lot of lands. Local people need to ignite the waste in the fields. That’s not only dangerous but also causes air pollution.
Due to the lack of coal resources in these places, more and more sugar factories have begun to process them into briquettes by bagasse briquette machine. It solves the problem of storage, creates employment, and brings opportunities to local women.
Where’s The Market of Bagasse Briquettes?
Because many countries in Africa lack coal resources, the market has a huge demand for fuel. With the development of the fuel market, more and more sugar factories sell the bagasse briquettes to local boiler plants, homes, and schools. People use it for cooking and heating. That’s why they are widely used in the local market.
Process Flow For Making Bagasse Briquette
Fresh bagasse has a high moisture content, usually above 60%. Therefore, the fresh material from the sugar factory cannot be processed directly by the briquetting machine. It needs to be dried and crushed before being pressed.
Drying Process
Because the fresh material has a high original moisture content, it usually needs to be dried first. The most suitable machine is rotary dryer. During the drying process, the moisture content reduces from 60% to less than 15%. When choosing the type of dryer, please note that the rotary dryer is better than the airflow dryer. Because the airflow dryer has a lower output and difficult temperature control, it is not suitable for industrial production use.
Crushing Process
The dry material is easy to crush because of the fiber feature. But the dry material is loose and light, so the powder material is easy to go into the dust removal system. Therefore, it is better to use unique material discharging method rather than an airflow type. Compared with wood chips or other biomass materials, bagasse crushing costs are lower.
Bagasse Briquette Machine
Although there are many types of briquetting machines, the punch type is the most suitable briquetting machine. It is the most critical part of all the process because of its loose, dusty, and low-density features. Therefore, only the punch-type briquette machine is the best choice in industrial field. This kind of high-pressure machine can produce high-quality briquettes with high density. High-quality briquettes have a higher burning value and longer storage time.
Packing Process
For these briquette, manual packaging is more popular. It increased the income of local women and created more employment opportunities. In addition, it reduces the packing cost.
Problems You May Face and How To Solve Them
Bagasse fiber feature is special, it has low density, lightweight, and has poor fluidity. Therefore, some potential risks need to be avoided in the production process. The following are the most common problems and solutions.
Lower rated output compared with other kinds of materials.
In the drying process, because the original moisture is very high, and the bagasse fiber is easy to bridge. So when designing the drying process, the engineer needs to get the original moisture content from your side , and it’s not workable designing based on experience from other biomass waste. In addition, additional fire safety needs to be provided for the hot air stove.
Excessive dust during crushing
Excessive dust in the crushing process is the most common problem encountered in the crushing section. Light powder materials account for more than 30% percent. So when using a crusher with air-flow material discharging device, that’s easy for materials to enter the dust removal system. So when designing the crushing system, the dust collection system has to be suitable for bagasse, and power should match it.
Bagasse Briquette Machine Needs Higher Material Feeding Volume
Compared to other materials, such as wood chips, the capacity of the feeding system of the needs to be larger compared with other biomass waste. The feeding system needs to be equipped with an equalizing system to make the feeding more uniform. That’s very important when material size more than 20mm.
Working Principle Of Bagasse Briquette Machine
The raw materials ( with suitable size and moisture ) enter the briquette machine through the feeding system. The feeding system is better with an underground bin or bucket at the start end. It will help much for saving the workers’ time. The underground bin with the uniform device can make the material feeding more stable. The raw material is conveyed into the molding cavity through horizontal and vertical crews. The temperature of the molding cavity is very high. After continuous extrusion by the punches and punches, the bagasse is pressed into the molding die and passes through the molds of different diameters. Qualitatively, it becomes into a briquette of 20 – 70 mm. The whole process is smooth, and the output is stable.
Preparation of Before Buying Bagasse Briquette Machine
- A suitable briquetting plant area. The more processes it contains, the more space is required. You can contact us to obtain reference plant drawings.
- Guarantee power supply. The power supply of a general industrial plant is above 100KW.
- Continuous low-priced bagasse supply. It can ensure your continuous and stable operation.
- Skilled and responsible workers. We will assist you in training personnel to reduce your investment risk.
How To Do Maintenance
The daily maintenance of the bagasse briquette machine is simple, mainly including the following steps.
- Maintenance of the lubrication system. The operators need to check the lubrication oil volume before starting the machine every day, that’s a must step for operators.
- Maintenance of the molding system. When the wearing parts are worn out, please replace them regularly. The quick wear parts service time subject to your raw material condition .
- Maintenance of the drive system. Check it every one to three months based on the working environment.
- Keep raw material clear enough. Cleaning up the stones or iron blocks in the raw material, preventing them from entering the briquetting machine system. This will protect the machine molds.
Analysis of Production Cost of Briquettes
The production cost of briquettes is different in different countries. That’s because the raw materials and electricity costs vary in many places. However, if you want to calculate the profit of briquettes, you can analyze from the following aspects.
- Raw material purchase cost
- Labor costs for two workers
- Production cost of electricity
- Cost of mold repair and wear
- Other operating costs
Where To Buy A Briquette Machine In Kenya Or South Africa?
The above is a guideline of how to make briquettes from sugarcane bagasse. If you have any questions, you can contact us directly, and our technicians will reply to you within 2 hours.
