Machines and Technologies to convert crops into green charcoal?
Dear members,
Science for Humanity and our Green Charcoal Project Leader would like to hear your views on the making green charcoal and biofuel. In particular, we would like to gain your expert opinion on fuel efficient burning stoves that would allow us to turn husks into charcoal. Our seeker, Natures Ventures Pathways, has taken a number of steps to make green charcoal possible in order to combat climate change, create job opportunities for local people, and reduce the dependency on existing wood biomass for energy in Uganda. Your expert opinion on the material processing and identification of appropriate machinery can help this community in Uganda gain access to an alternative and cleaner source of energy.
The project aim is to convert crops such as candlenut kernel seeds into green charcoal.
The green charcoal product process is as follows:
(1) The seeker and his team have an established a nursery bed for the candle nut seedlings to supply to willing farmers to plant on their lands. Farmers have also started to harvest cotton and maize which will be available for mobilization. This will give them a steady supply of raw materials for making green charcoal. They are also preparing their own plantation on which 10,000 seedlings will stand.
(2) Using locally fabricated machines, they crack the candlenut seeds to extract the inner nut, which is then milled. This process allows them to extract oil from the nut as well as offers husk for charcoal making.
Machine used to crack candlenut seeds.
Candlenut seeds.
(3) The husk is used to make green charcoal. They have developed a kiln from two lorry reams that is welded together and heated by firewood. The husks are not directly burnt but the process consumes a lot more energy (firewood) than saving. The attached photos show briquettes made from candlenut kernels and bound with cassava flour porridge and candlenut oil extracted from the inner nut and used to run stationery diesel engine.
The seeker aims to enhance the following:
(a) Nursery maintenance and seedlings supply to willing farmers
(b) Generating awareness to the general public
(c) Sourcing for suppliers of appropriate machinery
(d) Identification for sources funding Grants and Loans
(e) Trying out trials as identified by scientist
(f) Documenting the lessons learnt for networking
We are looking for scientists to help the seeker turn crops into green charcoal and biofuel. If you are familiar with the machines/technologies that can produce green charcoal energy efficiently, we would like to hear from you. Please do contact me if you would like to get involved in this project at: ad@scienceforhumanity.net. Please also post your opinions, research findings, and experiences on this project page for stimulating discussions and finding cost-effective solutions for this challenge.
Thank you,
Anu Devi
Projects
Science for Humanity
Science for Humanity and our Green Charcoal Project Leader would like to hear your views on the making green charcoal and biofuel. In particular, we would like to gain your expert opinion on fuel efficient burning stoves that would allow us to turn husks into charcoal. Our seeker, Natures Ventures Pathways, has taken a number of steps to make green charcoal possible in order to combat climate change, create job opportunities for local people, and reduce the dependency on existing wood biomass for energy in Uganda. Your expert opinion on the material processing and identification of appropriate machinery can help this community in Uganda gain access to an alternative and cleaner source of energy.
The project aim is to convert crops such as candlenut kernel seeds into green charcoal.
The green charcoal product process is as follows:
(1) The seeker and his team have an established a nursery bed for the candle nut seedlings to supply to willing farmers to plant on their lands. Farmers have also started to harvest cotton and maize which will be available for mobilization. This will give them a steady supply of raw materials for making green charcoal. They are also preparing their own plantation on which 10,000 seedlings will stand.
(2) Using locally fabricated machines, they crack the candlenut seeds to extract the inner nut, which is then milled. This process allows them to extract oil from the nut as well as offers husk for charcoal making.
Machine used to crack candlenut seeds.
Candlenut seeds.
(3) The husk is used to make green charcoal. They have developed a kiln from two lorry reams that is welded together and heated by firewood. The husks are not directly burnt but the process consumes a lot more energy (firewood) than saving. The attached photos show briquettes made from candlenut kernels and bound with cassava flour porridge and candlenut oil extracted from the inner nut and used to run stationery diesel engine.
The seeker aims to enhance the following:
(a) Nursery maintenance and seedlings supply to willing farmers
(b) Generating awareness to the general public
(c) Sourcing for suppliers of appropriate machinery
(d) Identification for sources funding Grants and Loans
(e) Trying out trials as identified by scientist
(f) Documenting the lessons learnt for networking
We are looking for scientists to help the seeker turn crops into green charcoal and biofuel. If you are familiar with the machines/technologies that can produce green charcoal energy efficiently, we would like to hear from you. Please do contact me if you would like to get involved in this project at: ad@scienceforhumanity.net. Please also post your opinions, research findings, and experiences on this project page for stimulating discussions and finding cost-effective solutions for this challenge.
Thank you,
Anu Devi
Projects
Science for Humanity
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Permalink Reply by Graham F Knight on -
Hi All,
I'm not quite sure what is being seeked above but there are newly developed stoves that can turn any dry biomass into charcoal. They have been developed for those making Biochar and the best can also be used as a kitchen stove.
If you want to know more contact me at biodes@bigfoot.com
Graham
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