Coconut

Coconut, as we all know, it can be found throughout the tropic and subtropics area, in this area many countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, India, Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand, Tanzania, Ghana and so on are teem with coconut. Traditionally; coconut can be regarded as a kind of fruit. It is famous for its versatility. Different parts have different uses. When mature, they can be used as seed nuts or processed to give oil from the kernel, charcoal from the hard shell and coir from the fibrous husk.

Botanically, it has three layers: the exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp. The exocarp and mesocarp make up the "husk" of the coconut. After the coconut meal is dislodged, the coconut husk or it can be called coconut shell is left, Coconut shells, the byproducts of coconut processing, usually can be found abundantly. Therefore there is a continuous coconut shell supply. However in the past coconut shells were not mostly utilized which offer a mass of raw material for coconut shell pelletizing. Consequently in recent years, coconut shell or husks usually used to be produced into pellets. That is because when coconuts mature, the fiber contains lignin which is the very important component that makes it perfectible for pelletizing. In addition, coconut shell also has relatively high calorific value, and when it is processed into pellets, the calorific value will be much higher which makes coconut an ideal raw material for pelletizing. You can have common sense from the following table.

Item	Coconut shell	Coconut shell pellets
Moisture	15%	5-7%
Ash content	4-5%	7-9%
Calorific value	3500-4000kcal/kg	6500-8000kcal/kg

Coconut pellet machine

Just as EFB, coconut is also of large quantities. Therefore, if you considering process coconut into pellets, the most reasonable behavior is to build a coconut pellet plant. It contains hammer mill, drier, pellet making machine, cooler, screening machine, packing machine and so on. Since the quantity of raw material coconut shell is abundant, anytime you expect to process it into pellet is possible, the most important thing you should consider is to choose a profitable pellet machine, click here.This website will give you a better recommendation about choosing professional coconut pellet making machine.