CHARCOAL BRIQUETTE PRODUCTION TO SUPPORT

ZERO BURNING POLICY

Forest and land fires in Indonesia are mostly

caused by human activities; it means that effort of

forest and land fires prevention can be started with

approaching and sharing knowledge to the

community. One of the efforts to prevent forest and

land fires is to provide information to the

community about the use of wood litter (leaves/

twigs), wood waste, crop residues, and sawdust

into charcoal briquettes.

Charcoal briquettes are charcoal that has been

modified in shape, size, and density, to be a more

practical product in storage and used as fuel

(Directorate General of Plantation, 2006). The

production of charcoal briquettes will reduce the

possibility of people to burning organic wastes or

crops residue that could trigger wider forest and

land fires. In 2011, the Ministry of Forestry (now

currently Ministry of Environment and Forestry)

through the Directorate of Forest Fire Management

had published the Technical Guidelines for Making

Briquette and Compost Charcoal. Charcoal

briquettes production can be conducted by

following the steps as follows:

Ministry of Environtment and ForestryRepublic of Indonesia

CHARCOAL

BRIQUETTE

To Support Zero Burning Policy

Production

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Sambunesia Nozzle can also be plugged into the

soil until a certain depth so that it can reach the

flames that are located within the peat layer. This

tool can be used simultaneously and integrated

with each other, so that within 2 days it can

extinguish hundreds of hectares of fires. While

using a conventional tool with the same area,

would require a 7-day suppression.

A. Charcoal Briquette Material- Charcoal- Starch flour as an adhesive

B. Equipment- Briquette press machine- Mortar- Pestle- Filters, mesh size 40 and 60- Plastic Trays- Pan- Stirrer- Brush- Scales and Ovens- Stove

C. How to make

- Charcoal pounded in mortar

- The pulverized charcoal powder then filtered using a 40-mesh sieve followed by a 60-mesh sieve.

- Detained powder in a 60-mesh sieve is a material that is ready for use

- Prepare starch adhesive by mixing starch and water with a ratio of 1:12

- Starch is needed 2.5-5% for every gram of dry charcoal

- Mix 50 grams of powder well with the adhesive until it has a dough-like

- Add the dough to the charcoal briquette press machine

- Charcoal briquettes that has been made then directly dried for 24 hours at the temperature of 60 ° C or dried under the sunlight.

- The dried charcoal briquettes are ready for use.

Charcoal briquettes are a potential fuel source to be developed as a substitute for kerosene and LPG. This is the more appropriate choices for community which wishes to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, as well as the use of wood with high levels of consumption that endanger the forest ecosystem.

The target market of charcoal briquettes are communities in which LPG are scarce, the culinary industry, and exports. Good quality briquettes can be exported to abroad to supply industrial needs as well as sources of fuel for heating in the winter. The advantages of charcoal briquettes include:

- Cheaper and economical.

- There is no risk of exploding or burning such as LPG and kerosene stoves.

- It has high and continuous heat so it is more stable and suitable for combustion that require a long time.

- It does not make noise or soot, which pollutes the cooking utensils.

- Environment friendly and safe for health

- The source of raw material for making charcoal briquettes is abundant and easy to collect.