The development of the process of drying fuel briquettes using flow of air with a simultaneous cooling

Ukraine has a great potential of biomass straw, which is available for the production of clean energy. Therefore, a promising area of research is the use of straw as a local fuel. The efficiency of the biomass processing for energy production is achieved only under the rational parameters of processes and machines. The studies on the reduction of the production costs and the reduction of the anthropogenic impact on the environment by improving the technology of manufacturing fuel briquettes from straw require further intensification. Therefore, the aim of the research is to increase the efficiency of the manufacturing process of fuel briquettes from straw biomass by maximizing the use of its own heat. Based on empirical and theoretical studies, a scheme describing a method of process of drying fuel briquettes using their own heat generated during manufacture was developed. That makes possible to reduce the cost of the technological process of manufacturing straw briquettes from biomass, reduce their production cost, help to increase the coefficient of efficiency of combustion plants and briquettes, respectively, to reduce harmful emissions.