It aims for conversion of waste coconut biomass into the useful briquettes for kindling of fire in small utility boilers with molasses.

1. Briquettes Maker
•Presented by
Miss.Patil Mayuri Rajendra
Mr.Kabade Rohit Dilip
Mr.Kasliwal Parag Kantilal
Mr.Tembhekar Aditya Uday
•Guided by
Prof. A.S.Gujarathi
SNJB’s Late Sau. Kantabai Bhavarlalji
Jain College of Engineering, Chandwad
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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1. INTRODUCTION
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1. A briquette is a compressed block of coal dust or other
combustible biomass material such as charcoal, sawdust, wood
chips, peat, or paper used for fuel and kindling to start a fire.
Fig.1: Briquetting
2. Densification Process
• Piston press densification
• Screw press densification
• Roll press densification
• Pelletizing
• Low pressure or manual
presses

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2. Problems And Shortcomings
Fig.2: Problems associated with briquetting

4. 3. objectives
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1. To design and fabricate the briquette machine.
2. To design the single compact unit that will
perform all the processes involved in the
briquetting.
3. To measure the calorific value of the briquette
produce by the waste solid biomass and
comparison of its parameters with coal briquette.

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4. Methodology
Raw
material
Molasses
Mixer Unit
Extruder
Cutter Unit
Speed
Reducer
Briquettes
Area
selection
Topic
Selection
Review
work
Need
Identification
Need
Identification
And
Description
Review
work
General
Design
And
process
layout
Actual
design and
fabricate
Comparat
ive
Analysis
Objective
Achieveme
nt
Fig.3: Methodology
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5. Literature Review
Sr Author Name Paper Name Year
Organi-
zation
Findings
1
Kiran Kumar
et.al.
Design and fabrication of low cost
briquetting machine and estimation of
calorific values of biomass briquettes
2016
IJIRSET
Design of low cost
briquetting machine
by using ram press.
2 Riya Roy et.al.
Production and evaluation of briquettes
made from dry leaves, wheat straw, saw
dust using paper pulp and cow dung as
binder
2015
Research
Front
Review paper on
binder and different
raw materials
3
Nisakorn
Somsuk et. Al.
Design and fabricate a low cost charcoal
briquette machine for the small and micro
community enterprises
2015
Research
Gate
Charcoal briquetting
processes by using 5
hp, 3phase motor
4 Majid Ali
Coconut fibre – a versatile material and its
applications in engineering
2010 ICSCMT
Conducted strength
analysis on UTM.
5 T.O.K. Audu Design of grass briquette machine 2015
NIJO-
TECH
Design of machine
parts for briquetting.
6
Justina
Aussumune
Design of sawdust briquette machine 2013 IISTE
Design of machine
parts for briquetting.
7
Muhammad
A.A.
Design and fabrication of biomass extruder
of 50 mm diameter briquette size
2016
Innovative
Energy
Effect of enviroment
parameters on
briquettes

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6. Isometric View
Fig.4: Isometric View

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7. Constructional Details
Fig.5: Casing and cutter arrangement
• Shaft Diameter: 38 mm
•Rotor material: Mild steel
•Blade dimensions: 38 x 2 mm
•Number of blades: 48
•Blade rows: 4
•Rotor Diameter: 112 mm
•Length of rotor: 475 mm

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Fig.6: Mixer with partition plates
• Capacity of mixer: 0.012 m3
• Mixing length: 250 mm
• Cone angle = 450
• Outer Helix diameter: 56 mm
• Root diameter: 20 mm
• Number of helix: 6
• Material: High tensile steel (AISI4140)
• Hardness: 250-300 BHN
• Outer diameter of extrusion barrel: 65mm
• Yield Strength: 770 N/mm2
Fig.7:Screw and die

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Hopper
Plummer
block
Extruder
Fig.5: Support
•Material: MS
•Thickness: 2 mm
•Width: 1.5 inches
Fig.6: Speed Reducer Fig.7: Belt and Pulley
• Belt: A56 (2 Nos)
• Speed Ratio: 1.6
• CD = 560 mm
• Gear ratio: 15
• Gear pair used: Worm and worm
wheel
• Designation: 2/30/10/4

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Hopper
Plummer
block
Extruder
8. Fabrication

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8. Working Model

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Hopper
Casing
Motor
Plummer
block
Extruder
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