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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Peter,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Have you built and operated a Kon Tiki? It looks a lot more complicated to build than the cone kiln by Dr. Ogawa or the Pyramid kiln by Kelpie Wilson. I have seen no evidence that he charcoal is any better with the kon tiki than the other two.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I have two cone kilns that work fine. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> Gasification [mailto:gasification-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Davies<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 04, 2015 2:26 PM<br><b>To:</b> gasification@lists.bioenergylists.org; A.D. Clark <acdewi@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> SPAM: Re: [Gasification] Coconut Charcoal<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Angie,<br><br>From my notes you will have around 50 tonnes of shell. Probably the quickest and easiest would be to build a deep cone Kon Tiki kiln <a href="http://www.ithaka-institut.org/en/ct/101">http://www.ithaka-institut.org/en/ct/101</a> where there is a link to a presentation on the technology.<br><br>Below is an image of coconut char produced from one of our small round hearth downdraft gasifiers optimised for both char and clean gas. This is a from a pilot unit in the Pacific Islands undergoing trials. The image is taken from the front with the char bin door removed, the top (narrowest point) of the char column is the entry below the gasifier.<br><br>The unit gives around a 15% recovery on a dry basis, fixed carbon is >85%. The coconut shell is crushed to average piece sizes of 30mm before feeding to the gasifier.<br><br>All the best with your project.<br><br>Peter<br><br><img border=0 width=478 height=640 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D0FEBF.08B654C0"><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/3/2015 9:33 PM, <a href="mailto:acdewi@gmail.com">acdewi@gmail.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Hello all - Cheers from Bali!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I am part of a team developing various coconut products ranging from virgin coconut oil, palm sugar, coconut flour, etc.etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We will be processing around 1 million coconuts this year and want to effectively, efficiently, and affordably utilize the coconut shell as a value add product.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Anyone have experience with making coconut charcoal? Or a step further, making activated carbon with coconut shells?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>In the future (year 2) we will be incorporating biomass gasification using coconut shells, but for the upcoming year we are looking for solutions to our coconut shell surplus.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-Angie <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Peter Davies<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Managing Director<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ID Gasifiers Pty Ltd<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Delegate River, Victoria<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Australia<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Ph: 0402 845 295<o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>