[Digestion] [Stoves] [biochar] Orange Peels

[Joshua Bogart]

I used citrus drops in small digesters in Honduras and my experience was
that either fresh or moldy the citrus would decrease gas output
significantly. Seemed that the moldy more so than the fresh which I
attributed to some antibiotic production of the mold.

I have used citrus in Lombriculture and found despite what literatue told me
that worms like them and breed elevated rates when citrus drops are included
in coffee pulp as compared to just coffee pulp. I also found this is true
for Annona, and Guava drops which I attribute to sugar content.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Tom****
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> We did not hear from Dr AD Karve on this. I wonder if a pure orange peel
> diet would affect his small sucrose/starch biogas digester?****
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> Regards****
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> Crispin****
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> *From:* stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:
> stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] *On Behalf Of *Tom Miles
> *Sent:* 24 June 2011 09:40
> *To:* 'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'; biochar at yahoogroups.com
> *Cc:* 'Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification'; 'For Discussion
> of Anaerobic Digestion'
> *Subject:* Re: [Stoves] [biochar] Orange Peels****
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> All,****
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> Many thanks for the all of the generous suggestions regarding orange peels.
> We’ll compile them and put them on the websites while we determine what is
> most suitable for the particular application in Southern Africa. ****
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> I have to admit that when I last looked at a pile of orange peels (in
> Brazil) I wasn’t thinking of how they could be used. It certainly looks like
> at sufficient scale the limonene may be worth recovering.  At smaller scales
> management (rotting) or use (briquetting, drying, charring) of the peel also
> seems to have potential. Pigs and chickens would also probably recycle the
> peel, or make enough of a mess to be incorporated in compost or soil.
> Feeding to birds with char is not high on my list unless there is a health
> benefit. Usually the object is to increase weight gain my increasing intake
> rather than reduce intake with a low density material like char.  ****
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> Regards,****
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> Tom  ****
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