[Gasification] Active charcoal

[Darius]

Dear Dr. A.D. Karve

Charring material are rubber wood.

Could you tell me the detail process?

Regards,

Darius

On 2/18/2012 9:56 PM, Anand Karve wrote:
> Dear Darius,
> what material are you charring? We make our charcoal from leaves of 
> sugarcane, which are discarded during the process of sugarcane 
> harvest. By soaking the leaves in 5% solution of calcium chloride, 
> dying them and then converting them into char in a TLUD kiln gives us 
> active charcoal. We have not tested this process in the case of woody 
> material. Perhaps you can do this experiment.
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Darius <darius_tamizi at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:darius_tamizi at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     Is somebody  there can help me to convert our char into active
>     charcoal?
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Darius
>
>
>     Dr. A.D. Karve
>     Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology
>     Institute (ARTI)
>
>
>
>
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