Estudio Técnico para la Obtención de Briquetas de Fácil Encendido a Partir de Carbón de la Cascarilla de Palma Africana y su Producción en la Empresa TYSAI S.A.

Abstract

To improve Pakemar charcoal briquettes it has developed a technical study and has also been proven that it is possible to produce a new composition of charcoal briquettes in the Tysai S.A.'s plant, were selected chemical and vegetable additives as study factor, to produce laboratory’s briquettes, simulating the plant process was selected the additives which provide the best features, performance was evaluated for each treatment with the UNE EN1860-2, fast lighting and standard cylinder, including qualitative and quantitative observations. On the results, it is known that the treatment that achieved the shortest ash-over time were the briquettes whit 18% KNO3 and 18% NaNO3, 8% sawdust and 50% coaldust, were chemicals additives which reached out a higher standard temperature (T180) in the standard cylinder, the higher fixed carbon and low ash percentage, but the vegetable additives demonstrated better subjective features like the smell of coal, the amount of smoke or at the ignition very violent sparks and flames wasn’t observed, based on these characteristics was determined that treatment of 50% coaldust was the most suitable, and its application in the production process proved to be reproducible in plant the laboratory tests. In the treatment with 50% coaldust it’s achieved an ash-over time of less than 30 minutes, a T180 of 225 minutes in the standard cylinder, and had a fixed carbon and ash contented into the extent permitted by UNE EN1860-2. To improve the quality of inputs, it is recommended supplies for forest residues and produces the coaldust.