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Method of making straw briquettes

  • US 4,810,446 A
  • Filed: 08/18/1986
  • Issued: 03/07/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Procedure for the manufacture of briquettes or pills for stoking and subsequently useable in a natural cycle in agriculture made of compressed stems from grain or straw or similar cellulosic waste material having a hydrous content up to 30 percent with admixed binding agent, compressing, by trace or piston pressing, at a pressure temporarily raising the temperature in the straw briquette to a range between 75°

  • C. and 200°

    C., characterized by mixing stems with straw or similar waste material from pulses and/or protein plants to be used as said binding agent, said compression in said temperature area together with said hydrous content of said cellulosic waste material causing coagulation of the protein in said binding agent to bind the briquettes to a stable form resistant to physical stress.

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