[Stoves] binder for char briquettes

[reecon at mitsuminet.com]

Dear A.D.Karve,
Which source of starch do you use?
Rgd,
Musungu Wycliffe.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anand Karve" <adkarve at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:34:38 PM
Subject: [Stoves] binder for char briquettes

Dear Stovers,
we use starch paste as binder while making char briquettes. The paste
is made by dissolving starch in boiling water. These briquettes have
to be dried for about 4 days before they can be sold. In the case of
biomass briquettes, the lignin in the biomass acts as a binder because
it melts when pressure is applied to the biomass. There is no need to
dry these briquettes after they have been made. Can you suggest a
binder having similar properties for making char briquettes? Sugar
melts at about 100 C, and India produces a lot of it, but briquettes
contaning sugar would attract ants and cockroaches.
Yours
A.D.Karve
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Dr. A.D. Karve
Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)

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