Design of Hydraulic Biomass Briquette Machine

Abstract

In many of our developing countries, we face many problems regarding agro-waste. If the wastes are not managed then there will be increased in the quantity of waste. In order to manage these wastes, solutions are required and one of the solution is discussed here. The present study discusses about the hydraulic briquette line which is used to make briquettes. This hydraulic briquette line basically consists of three equipment’s a shredder machine, a screw conveyor and a hydraulic briquette machine. Because of good characteristics of sugar-cane bagasse such as low ash content compared to coal, lignin cells are present which acts as a binder, etc., it has been used for making briquettes. Bagasse having long tissues, it is first cut into small parts with the help of shredding machine. These cut bagasse is conveyed to the hydraulic briquette machine with the help of screw conveyor. This conveyed bagasse is compressed in hydraulic briquette machine with the help of hydraulic cylinders. This paper discusses the detailed design of all three equipment i.e. a hydraulic briquette machine, a screw conveyor and a shredding machine.