The advantages of Turning Biomass Waste into Biofuel

There are so many people who possess rich resources of biomass materials. Actually many of them are farm owners, forest developers, wood processers, plantation landlords and sawmill owners. If you are one of them, you do know you have the potential to develop biofuel business, because you can turn your biomass waste into biofuel such as briquettes and charcoal. But you may have several questions, like what is biomass waste? what is briquette and charcoal? what are the advantages and added value of briquette and charcoal? why do briquettes and charcoal can have a bigger role than biomass waste in our life? how can I turn biomass waste into biomass briquettes and charcoal?



Yes, you will have a series of questions. If you can raise those questions, it means you have been intrigued by and interested in making full use of biomass waste and create more promising opportunities for you and for the society.

 What is biomass waste?
Biomass waste refers to waste material produced from biomass industry,namely, from forest, wood, agricultural plants, such as sawdust and saw shavings from wood milling and sawmills, rice husk, wheat straw and peanut shell and cotton stalks produced from agricultural sector and oil and fat manufacturing. Those materials are of less use, therefore, you may throw them away. For example, you might treat them as garbage. Perhaps, on your second thought, you sell the material directly to other people, from which you can still make some money, though the prices of them are low but it seems better than nothing gained. Other people even think of using the biomass waste as mulch or burn them straightforward, which are some uses but burning the waste will pose a threat to our environment and our health, for instance, our respiratory system will be infected. Therefore, you can use biomass waste in a recycled way and turn them into green energy fuel. Hence, the biomass waste we commonly see is as a matter of fact biomass resource and biomass energy we should call. Because when we put them in a wrong place, they are commonly seen as waste material. However, if you we put them into right place, they will at the same time be given a full play in showing us the great value of themselves. According to what we discussed above, you have already known biomass waste and the next question you may have is what the favorable use of biomass waste is.

What is the favorable and preferential use of biomass waste with its value added?
Of course biomass waste can be widely used in different ways. As we mentioned, you can put them as mulch. Or you can burn them directly as fuel in a boiler or in the open air as you consistently did before. However, you should know there actually are some other application of biomass waste which will help you realize value adding and make a biofuel business. But you are supposed to know something before I tell you the huge potential of biomass waste.



1. If you sell your biomass waste  (potential biofuel) at a lower price to other people, you can now consider processing it and sell it with its value added, which means it can bring you more profits. Specifically, you can turn biomass waste into biofuel such as briquettes and charcoal. Because the prices will be much higher than you expected. For example, some people throw biomass waste away and obtain nothing from it. Alternatively, the material is sold at a lower price. One true story I know is about an owner of a sawmill who sold it to other sawdust collectors at USD20 per ton. And the daily yield of sawdust his saw mill had produced surpassed more than 10 tons. After a period of stockpile, the material would be sold. In stark comparison, there are other people who turned their material into briquettes and charcoal which were sold at a much higher price. For example, the price of charcoal has exceeded USD350 in some regions. In China, briquette charcoal price hits up to USD0.8/kg and even USD2/kg due to the different grades. The skyrocketing prices of fossile fuel such as coal and petroleum are another reason for the popularity of biofuel like briquette charcoal. Besides, the limited resource of fossil fuel throw to us a big challenge to find replacement of new energy resources. Therefore, you can apparently distinguish the potential of your biomass material.

Actually some people may concern about the costs and investment. Whether will it takes a lot to start a briquette plant or charcoal plant? Because you need to do the math before you want to set up a factory like this. You should in this regard inquire your machine supplier about equipment offer, installation fee and commossioning fee. Besides, you have to calculate other costs such as power consumption, worker payment, transportation fee. Of course you can establish a briquette plant more easily when you find a professional equipment supplier, for they can deliver a systematic project for you.

2.If you burn biomass material directly without processing it, such as wood logs, sawdust, saw shavings or tree branches and twigs in the open air, you may come to realize the damage. Not only will the environment be polluted with pollutant emissions such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, but also the thermal value of biomass material cannot be released. Technically, the value of direct combustion of biomass material is around 3000 or 4000Kcal, but the value will be enhanced to 7000 to 8000Kcal after the material is processed into briquettes or charcoal, not least charcoal possessing a higher thermal value. Apart from that, we know the issues of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions have long become severe problems confronting us. If we make full use of our limited resources in a renewable manner, why not take part in the transformation of energy structure. Our participation will benefit not only us but also our next generations and offsprings.

If you can peruse the above-written words, I believe you have had perceived comprehensively your participation in the creation of renewable energy will bring both yourself, family and the society more green fuel, much more useful resources and benefits. Next question which strikes you may be about briquette and charcoal market. Because people who intend to establish a briquette or charcoal business are concerned about marketing of the products. I should say you can get to know the market in an all-round way if you are consistently focusing on all the articles and reports and surveys I have posted previously and in the future.

Some people just take business as money earning. But I would like to suggest business is not for profits only. A succesful business should also benefit others both in the material universe and spiritual world(inner world). Because, a utilitarian heart which is solely and frantically obssessed with money will lead you to an abyss of life and career disruption because you may have no idea what you had done wrecked havoc with others even with the society.

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