Artisan brick kilns: State-of-the-art and future trends

H Valdes, J Vilches, G Felmer, M Hurtado, J Figueroa - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
A large part of the global brick manufacturing industry has evolved based on knowledge
transmitted from generation to generation without developing a consistent scientific …

State of the art on development and improvement of slow carbonization kilns for charcoal production

T Rodrigues, DC Barcellos, AB Junior - Journal of Analytical and Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
Charcoal is an important source of renewable biomass and has great industrial importance
as a biocarbon in the production of pig iron and steel. To increase the quality and yield of …

Pyrolysis characteristics of undervalued wood varieties in the portuguese charcoal sector

F Charvet, F Silva, L Ruivo, L Tarelho, A Matos… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Charcoal production in Portugal is mostly based on the valorization of woody residues from
cork oak and holm oak, the latter being considered a reference feedstock in the market …

Carbonization using an Improved Natural Draft Retort Reactor in India: Comparison between the performance of two woody biomasses, Prosopis juliflora and …

A Chandrasekaran, S Subbiah, P Bartocci, H Yang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Charcoal is an impure form of carbon, containing some organic matter and ash. It is derived
from wood by removing the volatile organic matter and the moisture, through carbonization …

Segregating Amazonia logging wastes from sustainable forest management improves carbonization in brick kilns

MDR Lima, L Bufalino, MV Scatolino, PRG Hein… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbonizing Amazon wood waste with similar physical, chemical, and energy properties
improves the quality of the derived charcoals. However, the effect of a quality-based …

Charcoal production in Portugal: operating conditions and performance of a traditional brick kiln

F Charvet, A Matos, J Figueiredo da Silva, L Tarelho… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Charcoal is produced in large quantities in the Portuguese region of Alentejo mainly using
traditional brick kilns. Information about this type of carbonization technology is scarce …

Investigations on carbonization operating conditions of ANSYS customized kiln for charcoal production from Prosopis juliflora biomass and ANN model prediction for …

VA Kumar, K Muninathan, S Arivazhagan, N Monish… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The majority of the population still uses charcoal for domestic and industrial purposes.
Charcoal is favored by many developing countries because of its low cost and ever …

Towards sustainable charcoal production: Designing an economical brick kiln with enhanced emission control technology

Z Getahun, M Abewaa, A Mengistu, E Adino, K Kontu… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
In this research, a brick kiln integrated with pollutant emission control technology was
designed and applied in order to produce charcoal from Eucalyptus Globules wood. The …

Energy Performance of Different Charcoal Production Systems

FF Bernardes, TL Romanelli, AKS Pereira… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to assess the energy performance of three different charcoal production
systems:“encosta” kiln,“rectangular” kiln, and “fornalha” kiln. Data collection involved …

Influence of lignin on wood carbonization and charcoal properties of Miombo woodland native species

J Massuque, MR De Assis, BA Loureiro… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The majority of the Mozambican population use charcoal from natural forests to satisfy their
domestic energy needs. Nevertheless, few studies have been done aiming at assessing the …