Production of Charcoal Briquettes

from the combinations of Rice Hull

and Coconut Shell
El-j Garalde
Danille Anne Garcera
Jellen G. Dacillo
Allison Givero
Milby B. Givero
 Chapter I: Introduction
Charcoal has been made by various methods. The tradition in Britain used a clamp. This is
essentially a pile of wooden logs (e.g. seasoned oak) leaning in a circle against a chimney. The
chimney consists of 4 wooden stakes held up by some rope. The logs are completely covered with soil
and straw allowing no air to enter. It must be lit by producing some burning fuel into the chimney; the
logs burn very slowly and transform into charcoal over a period of 5 days. If the soil is placed on the
cracks. Once the burn is complete, the chimney is plugged to prevent air from entering. The true art of
this production method is managing the sufficient generation of heat by combusting part of the wood
material and its transfer to wood parts in the process of being carbonized. A strong disadvantage of this
production method is the huge amount of emissions that are harmful to human health and the
environment. As a result of the partial combustion of wood material, the efficiency of the traditional is
low. Modern methods employ retorting technology, in which process heat is recovered from and solely
provided by the combustion of gas releasing during carbonization. Yields of retorting are considerably
higher than those of kilning and may reach 35%-40%
 The properties of charcoal produced depend on the material charred. The
charring of temperature is also important. Charcoal contains varying amounts of
hydrogen and oxygen as well as ash and other impurities that together with the
structure, determine the properties. The approximate composition of charcoal for
gunpowder is sometimes empirically described as C7H40. To obtain a coal with high
purity, source material should be free of non-volatile compounds. Wood charcoal is
obtained as the residue by destructive distillation of wood such that the products are;
Liquid products, Gaseous products and residual products. There are a lot of raw
materials that can be used for making charcoal. In theory, the raw materials containing
carbon are suitable for making charcoal, such as straw, wood etc. However, what kind
of materials is suitable for making charcoal? Common raw materials for making
mechanisms are charcoal; saw dust, rice husk, seed shell, coconut shell, bamboo,
walnut peel, branches, bark, trunk, peanut shells and various hard miscellaneous wood,
nut shells etc. For the traditional charcoal production, the wood material is most
commonly used such as larch and birch. While the output of traditional charcoal is
lower.
 Now people are more likely to use mechanism charcoal due to its wide range of raw
material and high carbon rate, thus it is more popular with the users. Briquettes, which are chunks of
combustible material, are frequently used to start and maintain fires in open areas like fire pits, grills,
and boilers. Although lump form or other molded shapes are also frequent, it is often in the form of a
square or rectangle. How the briquette will be utilized determines its size. Smaller briquettes are
typically used in fireplaces and for outdoor food grilling, whereas larger variants are frequently
utilized in manufacturing environments. Biomass and charcoal briquettes are the most widely used
type. Sawdust and other comparable wood waste products are used to make the majority of biomass
briquettes. The sawdust is often forced and compressed throughout the manufacturing process.
[Cassie, L.D. (March, 2023)] The rice husk, also called rice hull, is the coating on a seed or grain of
rice. It is formed from hard materials, including silica and lignin, to protect the seed during the
growing season. Each kg of milled white rice results in roughly 0.28 kg of rice husk as a by-product
of rice production during milling. Since this Rice hull serves as just a garbage, the Researchers
decided to use this hull as an alternative use for woods in making Charcoal briquettes. To prove that
Rice hull is effective as an alternative use for woods, the researchers will conduct different
experiments such as Measuring its temperature and testing its life span. And for the success of this
study the Researchers will follow different methods starting from gathering materials up to data
gathering.
 Objective

Test the significant differences and similarities between the charcoal

briquettes from rice hull with coconut shell and charcoal briquettes made out of
wood with coconut shell. Test the significant differences and similarities
between the charcoal briquettes with coconut shells and the charcoal briquettes
without. General objectives: Test the effectiveness of charcoal briquettes from
rice hull in terms of: Maximum temperature Life span Produce charcoal
briquettes from Rice hull.
 Significance of the Study
This study aims to provide an alternative way of producing Charcoal Briquettes using rice husk. The
researchers observed that the sheer volume of rice husks being disposed of on a daily basis often causes a
problem for farmers and agriculturists around the world. Burning the husks left no room for the rest of their
crops to grow and burning the husk presented an even bigger ecological problem. And there is a higher demand
for charcoal briquettes affecting the cutting of trees and ruining the environment. The researchers thought of an
alternative way to solve this problem using Rice husk. This research study will benefit to the following:
Charcoal briquettes consumer. This study will benefit the consumer by providing them knowledge about the
alternative uses of rice husk as charcoal briquettes for cooking. At the same time their monthly expenses in gas
could be lessen by discovering a lot about charcoal briquettes from rice hull Charcoal Briquettes producers. This
study will benefit the vendors by giving them ideas about another way of producing charcoal briquettes. They
could also produce a masses of charcoal briquettes without spending a lot of money since this is just from rice
hull instead of trees and other materials Community. This study will benefit the community by solving the
problem of cutting of trees resulting from floods and other problems that really affect them in terms of business,
study, agriculture, daily lifestyle etc. Environment. By producing charcoal briquettes from rice hulls, cutting of
trees will be lessened resulting in saving more trees that can really help the people. Future researchers. This
study will benefit the future researchers by providing them an idea if they want to make a similar study about
producing charcoal briquettes. Chapter 2 of this study will also give them an idea about briquetting technique
and other benefits.
 Scope and Limitations
This study focuses on promoting Rice hull as an alternative use for woods in making
charcoal briquettes. This research also aims to prove that Rice hull can be used to make
charcoal. The researchers added grounded coconut shell charcoal to the grounded charcoal from
Rice hull since it is needed and there are benefits included. For the success of this study, the
researchers conducted different experiments on this charcoal briquettes from Rice hull and made
different proportion including the 100% carbonized rice hull, 100% wood charcoal, 100%
coconut shell charcoal, 50% rice hull charcoal while 50% coconut shell charcoal and 50% wood
charcoal while 50% coconut shell charcoal. This research will not cover other issues that are not
related to this topic. This research was studied during the school year 2022-2023 and the
materials that are used are gathered at Matnog, Sorsogon by the researchers.
 Theoretical Framework

In summary, the theoretical framework and theoretical paradigm of this

research are based on relevant theories and concepts related to carbonization,
charcoal production, charcoal properties, and testing and analysis. The systems
theory provides a holistic approach to understanding the complex and
interrelated process of production and testing of charcoal from Rice hull. These
theoretical foundations provide a conceptual framework for investigating and
analyzing the research problem and research questions in subsequent chapters.
 Chapter II: Review of Related literature and Studies
Conceptual Framework

Input Process Output

Rice Hull Carbonizing rice hull Charcoal Briquettes
Thermal Scanner Molding Charcoal From Rice Hull Experimental data and Results
Timer Maximum Temperature Figured out differences and
similarities of the different
proportions
Coconut Shell Charcoal Test the different proportion that
the researchers made
Molder Measuring how long will the
charcoal briquettes from Rice
Hull would last
 Chapter III:

Methodology

• Research design, Materials gathering

procedure Charcoal production method data
gathering method Finding the range
method
 Chapter IV: Results and Discussions
Table 1.

Lifespan of the charcoal briquettes

Proportion Weight Duration
100% Rice hull charcoal 40g 19 m
100% Wood charcoal 40g 30 m
100% Coconut shell charcoal 40g 51 m and 42s

50% Rice hull charcoal while 40g 53 m and 2s

50% Coconut shell charcoal

50% Wood charcoal while 40g 49 m and 27s

50% Coconut shell charcoal
Table 2:
Temperature of Charcoal briquettes
Proportions Weight Temperature

at
1 minute 3 minutes 13 minutes 17
minutes
100% Rice hull 40g 85.5 72.5 87 67 21.5
charcoal
100% Wood 40g 60 67 100 87.5 40
charcoal
100% Coconut 40g 66.5 82.5 96.5 100 33.5
shell charcoal
50% Rice hull 40g 70.5 77 95 86 24.5
charcoal with
50% coconut
shell
Chapter V: Summary, findings Conclusions and Recommendations
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