[Stoves] binder for char briquettes

[Anand Karve]

Dear Musungu,
we  use waste flour fallen on the floor of a flour mill.
Dear Martin,l
we can use the powder of neem leaves.
Dear Richard,
we want to avoid adding water to the briquettes, because then they
have to be dried. We want to develop a dry process of briquetting.
Yours
A.D.Karve

On Thu, Jul 1
7, 2014 at 4:15 PM,  <reecon at mitsuminet.com> wrote:
> Dear A.D.Karve,
> Which source of starch do you use?
> Rgd,
> Musungu Wycliffe.
>
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> 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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