Charcoal Fuels Workflow

Basics

• This page shows how Biomass turns into Charcoal (Both in the "Raw" sense, and potentially more "refined" forms such as pellets/standard dimention "briquettes" etc) in various workflows
• The main focuses on workflows optimized for high quality products (Via washing to produce as pure of carbon as possible, and making more standardized dimentions of material (via Powderization , Pellitization , and potentially conversion into a Slurry ), and efficiency via Energy Recovery (Mainly utilization of Syngas and/or Pyrolysis Oil to reduce heating fuel needs, and Heat Exchangers for thermal recovery)
• This is not for use as Activated Carbon , for that see the Activated Carbon Workflow

Workflows

Basic Workflow

• Biomass->Kiln->Charcoal Out
• With potential storage between steps
• Biomass can be peletized, but for a very basic workflow this will most likely not be needed, unless using fuel crops such as grasses etc that will not form "chunky" charcoal like wood etc would

Advanced Workflow

• This is designed to produce the best product, extract as many useful products as possible, and mainly be used in makerspace level and up

Flowchart

Feedstocks

• Biomass
• Water

Products

• Charcoal Powder
• Charcoal Pellets
• Charcoal Briquettes

Waste Products

• Wastewater Containing
  • Alkali metals
  • Misc Minerals
  • ?

Disposal Workflows

• Evaporation Pond or
• Spray Dryer

Internal Links

• Open Source Fuels Construction Set

External Links

• On Staged Pyrolysis THEN Gassification
• "Study of the Effect of Coal Type and Particle Size on Char–CO2 Gasification via Gas Analysis" (use to determine optimum particle size?)