Which Wood Is Best For Making Charcoal

Charcoal is used as a high calorific fuel. It is often used as an ideal material for outdoor barbecues and home heating and cooking. High-quality charcoal has a charcoal content of more than 95 per cent, with less than 5 per cent ash and less than 3 per cent moisture. This ensures excellent burning performance. The most frequently asked question from our customers is: Which kind of wood is the most suitable for making charcoal? If you want to produce high quality charcoal. Charcoal making machine and raw materials will directly affect the quality of finished charcoal. Today drop to introduce the wood suitable for making charcoal.
 

The types of wood suitable for making charcoal mainly include: hardwood species wood and softwood species wood

Lime tree

Lime tree is one of the best materials for making charcoal. The linden tree needs to absorb a lot of nutrients during the growth process. Therefore, linden wood is rich in charcoal and protein. The charcoal burnt in a carbonising furnace has a higher density, greater charcoal content and higher calorific value.

Elm

Elm has a harder texture. Burning charcoal will not cause cracks and so on. And it has less ash, high charcoal content and relatively large calorific value. It is suitable for making charcoal.

Oak

Oak is also one of the best raw materials for making charcoal. It has high density and resin content. It is easy to carbonise into good quality charcoal. Oak is one of the well-known materials for making charcoal. The wood is solid and contains no resin. Oak itself is also heavier in mass. The charcoal produced is dense, does not crack easily and has a stable quality nature.

Maple

Maple wood is hard and moderately hard. Maple itself contains high sugar content. It also produces a sweet flavour during the carbonisation process.

Birch

Birch is a hard wood, the wood is very hard. And the bark itself is rich in resin. It is a high quality raw material for charcoal.

Teak

Teak is also a very high quality wood. It has a high density, rich in oils and fats, and does not burn easily. It is more suitable for making charcoal.
 

Softwood

Softwoods such as pine and cloudy mountain can also make charcoal. But the softwood wood is more fluffy, the wood fibres are not dense enough, and the air permeability is higher. In the softwood charcoal burning process will burn quickly. But the burning time is relatively short.
 

In short, if you want to establish a charcoal making plant. First of all, you need to consider the nature of the wood in your own neighbourhood. If the nature of the raw material is more fluffy and fluffy, it is suitable for making mechanism charcoal. If the nature of the wood is more hard. Then you need to use a carbonisation furnace to make charcoal easily. If you want to know more about charcoal making. Welcome to contact us. Looking forward to your enquiry.

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