Frank,<br><br>The people there in Brazil might consider growing pigs, since such an abundant food source is available.<br>It is always good to have more options.<br><br>Thanks.<br>Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Frank Scott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:franks@q-net.net.au">franks@q-net.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">Paul</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">Thank you for providing that information. However
during my stay in Brazil, I was taken to numerous coffee <span>farms</span> and I never saw a single pig at any of the
plantations that I visited. The coffee growers there scattered many tons of
their wet processed coffee pulp in-between the rows of coffee
trees.<u></u><u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><font color="#000000" face="Palatino Linotype"></font><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">Besides the putrid smell, this enormous amount of
coffee pulp waste causes severe environmental problems, such as water pollution,
soil acidification and greenhouse gas emissions through
deforestation.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><font color="#000000"> </font><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><u></u></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">At the same time the fuel costs at some of these
larger farms can amount to well over $10,000 per year and rising. Senior
management from the Pinhalense Group also advised me that wood resources were
becoming scarce and that sometime in the future they will be prohibited from
using wood to dry their coffee beans.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><font color="#000000"> </font><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">By using my technology to burn this wet coffee
pulp, which you correctly point out is an extremely low-grade fuel, we were able
to get temperatures of about 1000°C. (not bad for such a low grade
fuel)<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><font color="#000000"> </font><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">This would save some the coffee growers the
$10,000 which they are now paying for their rising fuel costs and would result
in the following environmental benefits<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><font color="#000000"> </font><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">. reduction of methane emissions from
uncontrolled anaerobic digestion of coffee pulp<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">. reduction of water pollution from improper
long-term storage of coffee pulp<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">. reduction of soil acidification from disposed
coffee pulp<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">. reduction of deforestation in surrounding
areas</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000" face="Palatino Linotype"><u></u><u></u></font></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">The amount of coffee pulp produced at some of the
farms that I have seen would feed scores of piggy’s and perhaps most coffee
growers are more interested in growing coffee then raising
pigs.</font></span><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><span style="LINE-HEIGHT:115%;FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><font color="#000000" face="Palatino Linotype"></font><u></u></span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">There are horses (pigs) for
courses.<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><u></u><font color="#000000"> </font><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">Cheers<u></u><u></u></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Palatino Linotype','serif';FONT-SIZE:10pt" lang="EN-AU"><font color="#000000">Frank</font></span><u></u></p></font><br></div>
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<font face="Tahoma"><div class="im"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul
Olivier<br></div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:57 AM<div class="im"><br><b>To:</b>
Discussion of biomass cooking stoves<br></div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] combusting
Coffee Pulp/Cherry<br></font><br></div><div class="im">
<div></div>Frank,<br><br>Here in Vietnam we have both dry coffee husks and wet
coffee pulp.<br>We gasify the dry coffee husk as a source of fuel for drying the
coffee bean from a wet mill,<br> and that we ferment the wet coffee pulp as
a feed for pigs.<br>The fermented coffee pulp has a crude protein content as
high as 14%.<br><br>Wet coffee pulp is an extremely low-grade fuel, but it can
be easily converted into a quality pig feed.<br>All that is needed to ferment it
is to add 5% molasses by weight and put it into a sealed container or
bag.<br>The pH of this fermented brew drops below 4.0.<br>After one week it can
be fed to pigs.<br><br>Some types of waste earn more money as a
fuel,<br> and some types of waste earn more money as a feed.<br>From an
economic point of view, it's far from ideal to burn pig
feed.<br><br>Thanks.<br>Paul<br><br></div></div>
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