CHARCOAL MAKING MACHINE FROM COCONUT SHELLS

MACHINE SPECIFICATION
PARAMETERS SPECIFICATION
Material of construction Mild steel and Stainless steel
Size 10 ft width x 40 ft length x 8 ft height (for 1 tons/day)
Capacity in terms of charcoal 1 ton/day max.
output/day
Yield 25 - 27 % (max)
Power Needed For 1 ton capacity machine:

2 Hp for feeding conveyor

2 Hp for charcoal chamber
2Hp for discharge conveyor
3 Hp for ID fan
Man power Required 2 No’s per shift
CHARCOAL PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
PARAMETER SPECIFICATION
Moisture 10 % (Can be dried to desired level)
Ash 2 % max
Volatile Matter 10 % max
Fixed Carbon 78 %
Calorific value 7400 Kcal/kg (min)

MACHINE DESCRIPTION

This is a machine developed indigenously (patent applied) to produce charcoal

from coconut shells continuously. It is a power driven set up. This machine is designed to
recover the heat which is produced during the charcoal making process and use them for
various heating or drying applications. The hot air from the machine can be utilized for
drying and the flue gas from the machine can be utilized for heating or feed to the boiler
for steam production or it can be fed again to heat exchanger to get hot air. The hot air
recovered from this machine will be available at free of cost since the coconut shells fed
in the machine are converted to charcoal which fetches a good rate in the market. Hence
using the machine for drying any of the products listed below will give more return than
the presently available heat exchangers. Coconut shell feeding and charcoal discharge
systems are made mechanically to reduce the manpower needed thereby only 2 persons
are enough for a shift to look after both the feeding and discharge.

 Copra –
We have designed a continuous copra drying system. This system is
designed to handle 10 tons of coconuts per day to convert to copra in a continuous
process. The shells from copra dryer is used for making charcoal in the charcoal
machine and heat from the charcoal machine is utilized for copra drying thereby
getting the heat absolutely at free of cost and at the same time converting raw
coconuts to copra in a same day.
 Desiccated coconut.
 Heat from this machine can be utilized in a boiler to produce steam which can be
utilized in the coconut oil processing industry.

Total integrated coconut processes like coconut water products, coconut shell charcoal,
Activated carbon, copra, coconut oil can be done under a single roof with the utilization
of heat from the charcoal machine.
ADVANTAGES:

1. Continuous feeding and Discharge

2. The system is programmed so that no need of any manual control to run the
machine

3. Consistency of product quality can be achieved at all the time

4. No interruption by any seasonal changes

5. Very importantly there is no Air pollution causing Carbon monoxide or water

pollution from the machine

6. No pressure developing system in this machine due to the gas production on

processing so no danger with this set up.

7. Since no air or water pollution is caused, this machine can be installed in any area
nearby the human living.

8. This process of making charcoal can be further extended to make Activated carbon
also by addition of activation process machinery.

9. More amount of heat will be released during the charcoal making process which
can be tapped for any heating or drying applications.

10. Low volatile content (10% max) is best suitable for making shisha charcoal briquette
or Hookah charcoal briquette.

11. This machine can be designed to be a mobile one. You can lift, place and run the
machine anywhere.

You please visit the video URL in youtube to watch my charcoal machine working

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMDk8Bg8sZY