Three in One with Carbonization Furnace Innovation

At present we still encounter a lot of inefficient charcoal production (carbonization). Besides producing a lot of pollution there is also a lot of heat or energy lost, which should be used for others, for example drying copra or cooking coconut water for the production of nata de coco and so on. If the carbonization process can be made more efficiently then it can be integrated with the production of white copra and nata de coco. The production of white copra and nata de coco has also become very economical because energy or heat needs can be supplied from the charcoal process or carbonization. Fuel or energy sources can be minimized or even eliminated altogether.

The heat energy from the charcoal process is very large, so efforts to use it are important to increase production efficiency. The carbonization furnace which is designed for charcoal production while producing heat for copra drying with indirect heating and boiling coconut water for nata de coco production is a solution to increase this efficiency. The quality of the charcoal products produced is also higher and stable because of the better control of the production process. With a minimum raw material capacity of 3 tons/day of the coconut shell carbonization furnace can be operated. This is equivalent to processing 6.5 tons of coconut meat/day or white copra production around 3.25 tons/day and nata de coco 5 tons/day. The scheme of carbonization furnace design is as below.

 

The need for coconut shell charcoal is increasing over time as are other coconut products. Indonesia's export of coconut shell charcoal is about 250 thousand tons / year. White copra is also needed for the production of coconut oil whose quality is better than black copra. The quality of oil from white copra is cleaner and clearer so that it can be consumed directly, while black-black copra is commonly called crude coconut oil. The world's white copra exports were 137 thousand tons in 2013 (APCC-Coconut Statistical Yearbook, 2013) with a total value of more than 2 trillion rupiah. The potential of nata de coco is also no less great in line with the growth of food and beverages, which averages 8% per year and it is estimated that the national potential of nata de coco reaches 1.6 trillion / year. The coconut shell charcoal can also be processed further into briquettes or activated carbon. For the export of briquette charcoal and activated carbon (activated carbon), Indonesia is classified as small, namely 20 thousand tons / year and 25 thousand tons / year. For detailed information on coconut shell carbonization furnace, please email at cakbentra@gmail.com