About Coconut Shell Charcoal

Coconut shell charcoal is an important product obtained from coconut shell which is widely used as domestic and industrial fuel. Coconut shell charcoal is really good as raw material for activated carbon specifying advantages of adsorbing certain molecular species. The coconut shell based activated carbon is widely used in the process of bleaching and refining of chemical solutions and vegetable oils, recovery of solvents, water purification, recovery of gold etc.
 
Or you can use coconut shell charcoal immediately for cooking, grilling and BBQ, and enjoy environmental friendly energy.

Coconut shell charcoal is also found to be a suitable material in the development of golf courses. In golf courses, a layer of coconut shell charcoal is laid to a certain depth along with sand and other biomass before grass is planted.

Coconut shell is carbonized by using methods like pit method, drum method, destructive distillation. The shell charcoal is manufactured by burning shells of fully matured nuts in limited supply of air sufficient only for carbonization, but not for complete destruction of the raw material. To obtain good quality charcoal, fully dried, clean, mature shells should be used. Nowadays, several modern methods are in vogue for the production of charcoal.

Coconut Shell Charcoal Specifications

Size: Natural size, mesh size 3x6 and 4x8
Moisture: less than 12%
Ash content: max 3%
Volatile: max 14%
Fixed carbon: min 72%
Gross calorific value: min 30,000 kJ/kg

Packaging: 35kgs per pp woven bag
Container loading: 26 metric tons per 40ft container

Please note that the above value is measured during pre-shipment inspections, the actual result may vary from time to time, due to climate and storage condition.

Carbonizing Coconut Shell
When correctly burnt the inside of the coconut shell is brittle and shinny.

Test Results Below by International Surveyor SUCOFINDO

Test Results by International Surveyor SUCOFINDO