[Stoves] [Digestion] [biochar] Orange Peels

[Alexander Eaton]

Tom,

In Mexico, the orange peels are commonly mixed in silage with pineapple
peels, corn stalks and sugar cane (among other things).  The farmers report
that the cows really like them.  Interestingly, we have had some challenges
with the function of small digesters where the cows have high levels of
orange peel in their diet.  We had to increase the dillution of the input
manure.  After a diagnostic, the manure had been shown to be slightly
acidic, and may have contained slight traces of the limonene as well.

Best

A

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Vianney Tumwesige
<trustvianney at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey Tom,
>
> I have been doing a course on TLUD with Dr. TLUD! Are you experience with a
> TLUD? Orange peels (thick) have been used in Haiti, however, someone has to
> have experience in using a TLUD. One also needs to co-fire them with another
> woody material.
>
> All the best
>
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:
>
>> All,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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.
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> 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.  ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Regards,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Tom  ****
>>
>> ** **
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