Today, a customer asked: can any wood make charcoal? Theoretically, any wood can make charcoal. But the actual charcoal effect will be greatly affected by the type of wood, moisture content, production method and other factors. Charcoal making machine is an important equipment for producing charcoal.
Raw Material Selection: The raw materials for wood processing charcoal include all kinds of logs (e.g. hardwoods such as eucalyptus, oak, spruce, maple, beech, etc. and softwoods such as pine, spruce, etc.), agricultural and forestry wastes such as tree branches, sawdust, wood shavings, agricultural wastes (e.g. rice husks, coconut shells, straws, corn stalks, etc.), and so on.
Moisture Content: wet wood takes longer to carbonise and dry out the moisture in it, dry wood carbonisation is actually shorter. However, the quality of charcoal is mainly determined by the lignin content of raw materials, wood with high lignin is easier to carbonise, and the finished charcoal burns for a longer period of time and has a higher calorific value of combustion.
Modern Process: firstly, the wood needs to be crushed to granular form. Then it is dried, shaped into rods and finally carbonised in a carbonisation furnace. However, the carbonisation furnace requires low moisture content of raw materials.
Traditional Process: It can take logs or branches and process them through high temperature carbonisation furnace, which is suitable for raw materials with high moisture content.
Benefit Difference: the carbonisation efficiency of different wood is different. Generally, each tonne of finished charcoal requires 3-5 tonnes of raw wood. Hardwood is more efficient than softwood.
Environmental Protection: It is recommended to give preference to agricultural and forestry waste (e.g. pruned branches from fruit gardens, waste from furniture factories, etc.), which can reduce the cost of raw materials and minimise the waste of resources.