RDF Dryer Manufacturer in Brazil
See how we dry RDFLooking for RDF dryers manufacturers in Brazil? STRONGA builds FlowDrya lines to order at its Hertfordshire works and supplies them to Brazil — see the regulatory and economic context below.
FlowDrya RDF dryers are engineered to order at STRONGA's Hertfordshire works and supplied to fuel producers and waste managers here, though no FlowDrya RDF line is documented in the country yet. Refuse-derived fuel matters because the cement industry co-processes it in place of coal: burning treated waste as alternative fuel in clinker kilns is a licensed recovery route set out by CONAMA Resolution 264/1999 and updated by Resolution 499/2020. A wet, variable RDF is worthless to a kiln operator, so drying it to a low, even moisture lifts and steadies its calorific value, letting it be sold against a documented grade. National policy pushes the same way: the solid-waste law is closing open dumps and steering combustible residue toward recovery rather than burial.
Supplying Brazil
We supply Brazil from our Hertfordshire works — we have no documented RDF installation in Brazil yet.
Regulatory context
The National Solid Waste Policy (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, Lei 12.305/2010) is the framework statute for waste in Brazil. It fixes a binding order of priority — non-generation, reduction, reuse, recycling, treatment and only then the environmentally adequate final disposal of the residual rejects — and expressly recognises energy recovery from waste, so a drying-and-recovery operation that turns wet residue into a fuel or a soil product sits high in that hierarchy rather than heading for burial.
Source: https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2010/lei/l12305.htm · checked 2026-08
The 2020 sanitation framework law (Lei 14.026/2020) amended the solid-waste policy to set firm, staggered deadlines for every municipality to close its open dumps (lixões) and adopt environmentally adequate final disposal, with the final tranche — the smallest municipalities, those under 50,000 inhabitants — due by August 2024. Burial of untreated waste is being closed off nationwide, so an operator that keeps generating wet residue needs a treatment and recovery route such as drying.
Source: https://www12.senado.leg.br/noticias/materias/2024/08/02/na-data-limite-para-fim-de-lixoes-destino-dos-residuos-ainda-desafia-municipios · checked 2026-08
Co-processing waste and biomass as alternative fuel and raw material in cement (clinker) kilns is a licensed recovery route in Brazil: it was established by CONAMA Resolution 264/1999 and updated by CONAMA Resolution 499/2020, which set the licensing criteria and atmospheric-emission limits for burning treated waste-derived and biomass fuels in place of fossil fuel. A dried, specification-consistent fuel is exactly what these kilns can accept.
Source: https://ambiensys.com.br/post/resolucao-conama-264-1999-coprocessamento-residuos · checked 2026-08
With no separate Brazilian solid-recovered-fuel specification, producers and cement kilns characterise waste-derived and biomass fuels against the European ISO standards that local laboratories run — EN ISO 21640 for solid recovered fuel classification, the EN ISO 17225 series for solid biofuels, and EN ISO 18134 for moisture determination — so a dried fuel is traded on a documented calorific value and moisture grade.
Source: https://www.iso.org/standard/71309.html · checked 2026-08
Applicable standards: EN ISO 21640, EN ISO 17225-4, EN ISO 18134, CONAMA 498/2020 biosolids (Classes A/B).
Economic context
There is a large domestic market for a dried, specification-consistent alternative fuel. Brazil runs one of the world's biggest cement co-processing sectors: in 2024 alternative fuels — biomass, tyres and treated waste — reached about 30 per cent of the cement industry's thermal energy matrix, consuming roughly 3 million tonnes of waste and biomass and avoiding some 2,8 million tonnes of CO2 (ABCP/SNIC). That demand rewards a low, even moisture and a documented calorific value.
Source: https://abcp.org.br/vendas-de-cimento-2025/ · checked 2026-08
Bought-in power is a real cost: recent data put Brazil's weighted-average industrial electricity price at R$ 442,05/MWh, which favours drying systems built around recovered kiln, boiler or flue heat rather than grid electricity.
Source: https://custobrasil.org.br/projetos/acesso-a-energia-eletrica-competitiva/ · checked 2026-08
Worked illustration (assumptions stated):
RDF economics turn on the coal it replaces. Alternative fuels already reach about 30 per cent of the cement industry's thermal energy matrix, so a consistent RDF has a real, growing home. Every tonne of a dried, spec-consistent fuel a producer sells avoids coal and helps kilns cut emissions – co-processing avoided roughly 2,8 million tonnes of CO2 in a single recent year. Producing the fuel takes energy, but with industrial power averaging R$ 442,05/MWh, drying on recovered process heat is far cheaper than the grid. A damp, off-spec fuel is rejected or discounted; a dry one earns a firm offtake. Assumptions: substitution, offtake price and heat source are site-specific.
Figures are indicative and were last reviewed August 2026; energy and disposal prices move — contact us for a current assessment.
RDF Dryer Manufacturer in Brazil — FAQ
Do you have an RDF drying plant here?
Not yet. We will not imply a reference we do not hold; our documented FlowDrya lines dry RDF-type residues and biomass in Britain on the identical platform a producer here would receive.
Why does a cement kiln want dried RDF?
Co-processing needs a fuel with a predictable calorific value. Water steals combustion energy and destabilises the kiln, so a dried, low-moisture RDF substitutes more coal per tonne and earns a firmer price.
Which rules govern making RDF in the country?
Burning treated waste as alternative fuel in clinker kilns is regulated by CONAMA Resolution 264/1999, updated by Resolution 499/2020, and the sorting and treatment of the waste is licensed under the national solid-waste framework.
How big is the co-processing market?
Large. Alternative fuels reach about 30 per cent of the cement sector's thermal matrix, so a reliable, dried refuse-derived fuel has a substantial and expanding domestic outlet.
What grade can you dry RDF to?
We configure each FlowDrya to the moisture the offtaker specifies, taking wet, variable feed to a low, even level that supports a documented calorific-value grade for sale.
What feedstocks make good RDF here?
Non-recyclable paper, plastics and textiles left after sorting municipal and commercial waste. Shredding and drying them yields a homogeneous fuel with a predictable calorific value that a cement kiln can meter into its burner.