[Stoves] Short Documentary on TLUD and Biochar in Bangladesh (in Bangla)

[Y. Iwan BASKORO]

Yep,
The remaining ash is relatively small amount, they use it as abrasive to
clean utensils - some just dump it at the "back" part of the house. Never
heard of ash as building material.

best,
iwan

On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 10:47 PM Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> What do people do with ash?
>
> To clean utensils? To mix with building materials?
>
> N
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> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 8:25 PM Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
> crispinpigott at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Julien
>>
>> In Cambodia everyone, literally, has a char quenching pot. The moderation
>> of cooking power of charcoal stoves is managed by adding or removing fuel
>> using simple tongs (folded metal strip). The removed char and all final
>> char is quenched by popping it into a clay pot with a flattish lid. It is
>> not air tight or particularly 'gas tight' it is just a pot with a lid that
>> fits well.
>>
>> The recovered char is used in a subsequent fire. In the case where the
>> goal is to quench the char it can be done with such a vessel, if it makes
>> sense.
>>
>> If water is easily available and a clay pot is not, then it is a better
>> solution. Perhaps both are useful.
>>
>> Regards
>> Crispin
>>
>>
>> Hi Neil;
>>
>> They usually conserve the ash when they quench with water.  I don't know
>> if everyone quenches with water, but they could put the char in a clay pot
>> with a very tight lid.  Quenching with water is the safest, and easiest
>> thing to do in their case.
>>
>> Biscuit tins, or metal tins of any kind are not so common in rural
>> Bangladesh.  Things in tins are usually imported, and relatively speaking
>> (adjusting for purchasing power parity, and exchange rates), imported goods
>> are around three times more expensive than their local equivalent (were
>> available).  In addition, cash incomes are lower in the countryside than
>> the city, and the barter economy is more important in the countryside.
>>
>> If you owned a decent biscuit tin, it would be too useful for other
>> purposes to dump hot char into.
>>
>> The cost of importing into communities with low international purchasing
>> power is one of the reasons why it is important to design stoves with as
>> many components made locally as possible.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Julien
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Julien Winter
>> Cobourg, ON, CANADA
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