Organic fuel brick
Ecologically friendly organically composed fuel products are presented whose composition includes, but is not limited to, ingredients: 58 to 60 percent decomposed straw, 38 percent horse or cow manure, two percent hay mixture from various blends used as feed, and two percent straw dust. The above ingredients are subjected to a number of processing steps with the end product being a hydraulically compressed fuel product, such as a brick, block, briquette, blank, pellet, etc., dried to a less than 10 percent moisture content. Eco-friendly organic fuel products may be created from other ingredients than those described herein could undergo the disclosed process to produce other types of fuel items, both organic and inorganic, with the ingredients comprising wood chips, other kinds of animal manure, and wood chips.
1. A process for creating an organic fuel product from raw organic material, the process comprising:
placing straw in a first grinder for grinding;
hammering the straw in a hammering process;
heating the straw to a temperature of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit;
providing the straw to a second grinder for mixing and grinding;
adding manure to the second grinder for mixing and grinding with the straw;
providing the mixed and ground straw and manure to a tumble dryer for drying the straw and manure mixture to an amount that is less than ten percent of the original moisture content of the straw; and
providing the intermixed straw and manure from the tumble dryer to a hydraulic press for compacting and compressing the intermixed straw and manure thereby creating an organic fuel product.
2. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , further including providing at least one of hay and straw dust that is added to and intermixed with the straw at the first grinder.
3. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic press exerts a pressure of at least 22,000 pounds per square inch.
4. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , wherein 58 to 60 percent of the organic fuel product is composed of straw.
5. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , wherein 38 percent of the organic fuel product is composed of manure.
6. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 5 wherein the manure is derived from horses.
7. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 5 , wherein the manure is derived from cows.
8. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 5 , wherein the manure is derived from swine.
9. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 5 , wherein the manure is derived from poultry.
10. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 2 , wherein 2 percent of the organic fuel product is hay.
11. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 2 , wherein 2 percent of the organic fuel product is straw dust.
12. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , wherein a configuration of the fuel product is in the form of cylindrical pellet.
13. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , wherein a configuration of the fuel product is at least six inches long, at least two and one half inches wide and at least three and one half inches high.
14. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , further including, prior to the step of adding the manure to the second grinder, composting the manure for a period of time of at least about one day to forty-five days.
15. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 2 , wherein the hay is at least one of hay that is used to feed animals, hay that is used as bedding for animals and hay that is used as mulch.
16. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , further including, after the first grinding step, cleaning the ground straw by removing scales and seeds.
17. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 1 , further including providing hay and straw dust that is added to and intermixed with the straw at the first grinder.
18. The process for creating the organic fuel product of claim 17 , wherein the percentage by weight of components of the organic fuel product include 58 to 60 percent of straw, 38 percent of manure, 2 percent of hay and 2 percent of straw dust, and wherein the percentage by weight of components may vary up and down by about 6 percent.
19. A process for creating an organic fuel product from raw organic material, the process comprising:
placing straw in a first grinder for grinding;
cleaning the ground straw by removing seeds;
hammering the straw in a hammering process;
providing the straw to a second grinder for mixing and grinding;
adding manure to the second grinder for mixing and grinding with the straw;
providing the mixed and ground straw and manure to a tumble dryer for drying the straw and manure mixture to an amount that is less than ten percent of the original moisture content of the straw; and
providing the intermixed straw and manure from the tumble dryer to a hydraulic press for compacting and compressing the intermixed straw and manure thereby creating an organic fuel product.