The charcoal briquette dryer is essential for drying charcoal briquettes before packaging, storage, or further processing. Freshly charcoal briquettes typically contain 30% moisture, which makes them unsaleable or usable. Even under the hot sun, it takes 3-5 days to dry completely. However, the charcoal briquette dryer can reduce its moisture content to 8% in about 7-8 hours.
The Structure of Charcoal Briquette Dryer
Drying Chamber/Box: The main body of the dryer is a closed chamber or box where the charcoal briquettes or other materials are placed for drying. It’s constructed from galvanized steel plate and insulated panels, which has good heat insulation and heat preservation effect.
Trays: Inside the chamber, there are trays where the charcoal briquettes are spread out evenly. These trays allow for proper airflow around the briquettes, facilitating uniform drying and can be fixed or make into a mobile trolley for conveniently and easily load the materials. The trays can also be customized according to the requirements of customers.
Heat Source: The dryer is equipped with a heat source, which can be located either inside the chamber (direct heating) or externally (indirect heating). Including electric heating elements, gas burners, or biomass combustion systems.
Air Circulation System: Involving fans or blowers to circulate heated air evenly throughout the chamber.
Temperature and Humidity Control: To regulate the drying process and ensure optimal conditions for moisture removal.
Working Principle of Charcoal Briquette Dryer
Loading: Freshly made charcoal briquettes are loaded onto the trays inside the dryer chamber, ensuring they are spread out evenly to allow for efficient drying.
Heating: The heat source is activated, generating the necessary heat energy for the drying process. In direct heating systems, the heat source is located inside the chamber and directly heats the air surrounding the briquettes. In indirect heating systems, the heat is generated externally and transferred to the chamber via convection or conduction.
Air Circulation: The fans or blowers circulate the heated air throughout the chamber. This airflow ensures that moisture evaporated from the briquettes is carried away, maintaining a constant drying environment.
Moisture Removal: As the heated air circulates over the charcoal briquettes, it absorbs moisture from their surfaces, gradually reducing their moisture content. The moisture-laden air is then expelled from the chamber, allowing for continuous drying.
Unloading: Once the desired moisture content is achieved, the dried charcoal briquettes are unloaded from the dryer for further processing, packaging, or storage.
Raw Materials
Charcoal Briquettes: Such as shisha/hookah charcoal, barbecue charcoal, charcoal ball.
Coal and Coal Ball
Activated Carbon
Food Products: Fruit, vegetable, meat, scented tea materials, Chinese herbal medicine.
Industrial Chemicals and Minerals
Features of Charcoal Briquette Dryer
- 1. Advanced Control System: Advanced control system to regulate temperature, airflow, and humidity levels, allowing for precise control over the drying process and consistent product quality.
- 2. Durable Construction: Constructed from durable materials such as galvanized stainless steel and insulated panels, ensuring longevity and reliability even under heavy-duty use.
- 3. Efficient: Short the production process by reducing drying times, allowing for faster turnaround and increased production throughput.
- 4. Customized: Charcoal briquette dryer can be customized to accommodate specific production needs, including size, capacity, and heating methods.
- 5. Simple Structure: Easy to install, operate and maintenance.
- 6. Fast Drying Speed
- 7. Versatile: Except for drying charcoal briquette, it can also be widely used for drying fruits and vegetables on large scale.
Application of Charcoal Briquette Dryer
Charcoal Drying: Charcoal briquette dryer plays a vital role in drying freshly made charcoal briquettes before packaging, storage, or further processing.
Barbecue Charcoal Drying: Charcoal briquette dryer is commonly employed in the production of barbecue charcoal for household and commercial use. They ensure that barbecue charcoal briquettes are properly dried to achieve the desired moisture content, ensuring easy ignition, long burning times, and minimal smoke generation during grilling.
Food Industry: The box drying machine can also dry fruits, vegetables, meat, herbs, spices, grains, and other food products. It can help reduce moisture content and preserve quality for storage or further processing.