Charcoal production engineering

Build your charcoal production system locally — with complete engineering and support

We provide the working design, drawings, technology and support at every stage. You build with your own team and locally available materials. The result is a system you understand and can maintain independently.

  • 01 Modernize existing production
  • 02 Build a new production facility from the ground up
  • 03 Turn sawmill waste into marketable charcoal

We work with offcuts, slabs, lump wood and Pini-Kay briquettes.

Many sell equipment.
Few share the technology.

We hand over more than blueprints — we hand over an understanding of how the complex is built and how it works. Your team gains the knowledge to operate, maintain, upgrade and grow the production further.

You don't get dependency on a supplier — you get your own expertise.

How we work together

Your team and site. Our engineering and support.

From your side

  • Local metalworkers and bricklayers
  • Production site
  • Locally available materials and components

From Royal Carbon

  • Production calculations and engineering
  • Working drawings and specifications
  • Technical guidance throughout construction
  • Support after commissioning and knowledge transfer
Sergey Kovtun, founder of Royal Carbon
Founder of Royal Carbon
Sergey Kovtun
A practising engineer with more than ten years of experience
"My task is to help your team build and launch a reliable production facility."
Free PDF guide

10 tips for charcoal production

Portfolio

Real engineering stories

First project · 2018 archive · operation

Model 1

Sergey Kovtun's first kiln for lump wood, slabs and offcuts. Basket loading, a separate cooling container and simple automation.

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Model 2. Trolley loading
2019 archive · operation · design development

Model 2

A complex with enclosed trolleys. The installation's history and a later design adapted for winch-operated loading.

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Model 3. For fuel briquettes
Before and after · shared heat generator · automation

Model 3

Two independent kilns were combined into a complex with a shared heat generator and automation for carbonizing fuel briquettes.

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Model 4. For an existing building
Correspondence · installation · result

Model 4

The complex was installed in an existing building, allowing for its dimensions, retort lifting height and access aisles. Flues were routed through the wall.

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Royal Carbon modular system

A modular complex you can build in stages

Over years of practical work, Royal Carbon has developed and tested different charcoal-system concepts. For local construction, we offer a modular solution combining structural simplicity, reliable daily operation and step-by-step expansion. The system is adapted to your feedstock, required capacity, site and budget, and can be built by a local team using available materials.

Works with

  • Lump wood of different species
  • Wood-processing offcuts
  • Pini-Kay briquettes
  • Drying modules for moist feedstock

Operational features

  • 24/7 operation
  • Retort handling by forklift or hoist
  • Expansion without rebuilding the whole complex
20–80 t
indicative monthly output
5.6 m³
hardwood per tonne of charcoal
24/7
operating mode
Practical engineering

Useful articles

Eight detailed guides on planning, building and operating charcoal production.

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