Biomass Charcoal in China
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Stephanie Chang
Apr 21, 2008, 12:17:23 AM4/21/08
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http://www.mit.edu/people/robot/travels/china_carbon/china_carbon.html
Whoa! Check it out!
They use clay and water for binder. 20% mud to 80% char. Their
briquettes are differently shaped and don't appear nearly as crumbly
as ours (probably partly due to their mechanized compacting machine).
Questions/mysteries:
- Do you think the air passages help it stay lit?
- I wonder how they solved the problem of lighting them...
- DukeEngage Uganda team members, let us know if you have any problems
with the crushing of the post-pyrolization char into small pieces
(this would be a fun design challenge -- Nut Sheller?)
Whoa! Check it out!
They use clay and water for binder. 20% mud to 80% char. Their
briquettes are differently shaped and don't appear nearly as crumbly
as ours (probably partly due to their mechanized compacting machine).
Questions/mysteries:
- Do you think the air passages help it stay lit?
- I wonder how they solved the problem of lighting them...
- DukeEngage Uganda team members, let us know if you have any problems
with the crushing of the post-pyrolization char into small pieces
(this would be a fun design challenge -- Nut Sheller?)
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