What is the Difference Between Briquettes and Pellets?

Consumer wood briquettes are the ideal products for replacing traditional firewood. Since the end of the 90s, the demand for consumer wood briquettes used for home heating systems, fireplaces, and wood-burning stoves has increased. Driven by the global focus on renewable energy, this need is still growing. Compared to alternatives, briquettes are both convenient, profitable, and sustainable.

With our briquetting machines, your waste will be turned into beneficial renewable energy. We offer a broad range of customized solutions and a full line of customer briquetting machines changing from low to very high capacities. we have specialized in mechanical briquetting. We offer high capacity lines ranging from 4-500 kg/hour and upwards, corresponding to wood waste of approximately 1.000 tonnes per year and more.

Advantages to briquetting versus pelletizing

Investments costs – are less for a briquetting plant, not only the press itself but also all other structures such as electrical installation, cooling, size of buildings, etc.
Operational costs – power consumption is less, particularly as the raw material does not need to be downsized to the same extent. Spare part costs are lower and operations more simple
Simple technology – a briquetting press can be performed by experienced laborers and does not need much education
Moisture content – a briquetting press can handle a higher range of moisture in raw material – from 6-18%
Decentralized production – briquettes can be produced on-site where the raw material is, thus saving considerably logistical costs
Logistical costs – briquettes have a high bulk density but are in comparison with pellets, best for shipping on a truck as the bulk density is sufficient to reach the maximum tonnage on a truckload
Developing countries – briquettes produced on a mechanical press can be made from many types of wastes including agricultural wastes and replace firewood and charcoal

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