Wood Pyrolysis Plant

Features
  • Continuous Biochar Production: Utilizes continuous pyrolysis technology and is equipped with automated control system.
  • Waste Resource Recovery: Convert wood waste into biochar, which can remain sequestered in the soil for centuries.
  • Carbon Emission Reduction: Achieve energy self-sufficiency through the combustion of syngas, thereby reducing both pollutant emissions and energy consumption.
  • Flue Gas Emission Control: Equipped with dust removal and flue gas purification systems to minimize environmental pollution.
  • Suitable for Biochar Carbon Removal Projects: An integrated dMRV system centrally manages data regarding operations, production, emissions, and carbon removal.
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Technical Specifications

ModelMJT-100MJT-500MJT-1000MJT-2000MJT-3000MJT-5000
Capacity100KG/H500KG/H1000KG/H2000KG/H3000KG/H5000KG/H
OperationFully Continuous
Accepted materials Rice Husk, Saw Dust, Wood Waste, Straw, Palm Shell, Coconut Shell, Sludge, Animal Manure, Sugarcane Bagasse
End productsBiochar, Syngas, Tar& Wood Vinegar(optional)
Applicable fuelCoal/Natural Gas/LPG/Diesel/Wood/Pyrolysis Oil 
Material of reactor304 Stainless Steel
Reactor structureDouble Cylinders
Cooling Water Cooling 
Land Required300-400m2

Wood pyrolysis plant adopts a continuous and slow pyrolysis process to stably convert woody feedstock into biochar. It simultaneously recovers syngas to provide self-sustaining heat. Continuous wood biochar production equipment represents the mainstream technological solution currently being deployed for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) projects.

Raw Materials

Waste wood is a quintessential biomass feedstock, particularly well-suited for continuous pyrolysis and carbonization systems.

Feedstocks suitable for biochar production include construction wood waste, waste wooden pallets, waste furniture wood, wood processing residues, sawdust and wood chips, waste packaging wood, orchard and forestry residues, and demolition wood.

In terms of the actual scale of biochar carbon removal projects, woody biomass is currently the dominant feedstock in the biochar industry. This dominance stems from the unique chemical composition of wood. Woody feedstocks possess a high natural lignin content, enabling the formation of highly aromatic carbon structures during pyrolysis, with carbon content that can easily exceed 80%.

Woody biomass is characterized by high volatile matter content and stable carbon content. The biochar produced by wood pyrolysis plant features a highly developed aromatic carbon structure and an excellent H/Corg ratio. Capable of remaining sequestered in the soil for over a century, this biochar meets the carbon credit development requirements of international carbon registries such as Verra and Puro.

Numerous studies consistently characterize woody biochar as a material with high carbon content, low ash content, and high aromaticity, making it exceptionally suitable for long-term carbon sequestration. From the perspective of carbon credit buyers, the predictability of this carbon stability ensures greater reliability in calculations regarding the permanence of carbon storage.

Final Products

Name

Picture

Application

Biochar/

charcoal

Biochar

Used as soil conditioner, carbon sequestration, improve the quality of soil

Used as fuel for industry heating and cooling or BBQ

Can be reprocessed into activated carbon, widely used in the smelting, chemical fields.

Tar & Wood vinegar

Widely used as a crop insecticide, make leaf surface fertilizer

Syngas

Can be recycled to heat the carbonization host.

By this way, you can reduce a lot of fuel costs.

Core Modules

The core design objectives for continuous wood biochar production equipment are continuous operation, low-oxygen conditions, and constant-temperature slow pyrolysis. The wood biomass pyrolysis plant is designed to ensure consistent biochar quality, while enabling long-term, uninterrupted operation and reducing energy consumption and labor costs per unit of product. Centered on a horizontal rotary pyrolysis reactor, the equipment integrates modules for pretreatment, feeding, pyrolysis carbonization, syngas recovery, exhaust gas purification, and biochar cooling and discharge, forming a closed-loop production system.

Core Modules of the Wood Pyrolysis Plant

Feedstock Pre-treatment Unit

Comprising crushing, screening, and drying equipment. Crushing equipment reduces large wood waste to the appropriate particle size. After screening out stones and metal impurities, the drying system adjusts the feedstock moisture content to the optimal process range, ensuring uniform and stable feeding.

Sealed Continuous Feeding Unit

Comprising crushing, screening, and drying equipment. Crushing equipment reduces large wood waste to the appropriate particle size. After screening out stones and metal impurities, the drying system adjusts the feedstock moisture content to the optimal process range, ensuring uniform and stable feeding.

Continuous Pyrolysis and Carbonization Reactor

This is the core component of the wood pyrolysis plant. Wood material is slowly conveyed forward within a slow-rotating drum, undergoing slow pyrolysis in a low-oxygen environment at controlled temperatures of 500–600°C. Organic matter in the wood thermally decomposes into biochar, wood tar, and syngas.

Syngas Recovery and Utilization System

After purification, the syngas is recirculated and burned to provide heat for the reactor, achieving energy self-sufficiency. This process eliminates the need for additional fuel, significantly reducing the project’s lifecycle carbon footprint.

Biochar Cooling and Discharge Unit

High-temperature biochar cannot come into direct contact with air. A sealed water-cooling system rapidly cools the hot char to a safe temperature before discharge, preventing re-ignition.

Purification and Tail Gas Treatment Unit

Performs dust removal and condensation separation on pyrolysis volatiles. Flue gas from combustion undergoes purification to meet emission standards and environmental regulations.

dMRV System

Digital dMRV Monitoring Module (Optional)

The system integrates multiple sensors to collect real-time data during wood biochar production, automatically recording and retaining traceability evidence. It supports third-party verification, providing credible data to underpin biochar carbon removal projects.

dMRV System

Customized Solutions for Top clients:

  • Comprehensive data collection, visualization, and management.
  • Premium equipment, PLCs, expanded sensor arrays, Cbox hardware, and after-sales service.

The large scale biochar production plant utilizes an integrated dMRV system to centrally manage data regarding operations, production, emissions, and carbon removal. Mingjie offers a highly cost-effective package: equipment paired with dMRV configuration, high-integrity carbon credits, rapid deployment and scalability, and "bankable" dashboards that meet investor standards.

The dMRV system addresses the challenges of trust and management associated with scaling up biochar carbon removal (BCR) projects, enabling full lifecycle traceability of the biomass. The quality of carbon credits generated by biochar projects depends heavily on the sustainability of feedstock sources, compliance during production, and whether the end-use effectively sequesters carbon.

The dMRV system enables digital tracking across the entire biochar value chain, covering every stage from biomass sourcing, production, and transportation to final application. This end-to-end traceability provides the foundational data to substantiate the authenticity of the carbon credits.

Our Advantages

OEM
We are original manufacturer,has the ability to do customized design, keep competitive prices
Experience
We have more than 20 years manufacturing experience, 10 years exporting experience
R&D
We have R&D department, to do technology upgrading and new products research, clients have the chance to share the latest innovation
Service
Mingjie will provide seamless service from our first communication, after-sale service has the beginning but never has the end
Investment
With constant financial support, Mingjie also looking for possibilities of investment overseas
Overseas Office
Mingjie has overseas office in the Philippines and Brazil, has its own runing factory in Thailand, we can do the local technical and installation service. Solve the clients’ problems in the most efficient way.

Advantages of Biomass Pyrolysis Carbonization Plant

Reactor structure takes dual cylinder type, which has long stroke and can ensure the biomass carbonized completely

Complete Reactor made of 304 stainless steel, which can resist high temperature and give the machine service life much longer

Fully Continuous operation, non-stop running,  keep feeding and carbon discharging 24 hours per day, high automation,

The complete line takes modular design, which is easy for transportation and installation, save a lot of installation cost

The machine use it own produced syngas as main fuel during the carbonization, save a lot of energy cost

PLC control system, the process is fully automatic

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