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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Stovers and Biochar folks,<br>
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Our thanks to Teddy in Kenya for his comments below sent to Lloyd
H. and a few others, and especially for the link to his blogspot
(well worth seeing). It shows that he has successful creation of
char from coir (coconut husk). But do note that his kiln is
ignited at the bottom, and then has the coir put on top. That
clearly seems to work, and I see that as mainly a "retort" style
of pyrolysis, with the heat (and no oxygen) rising from the bottom
to pyrolyze the coir. So, if you are only trying to make char
(or biochar) from coir, consider Teddy's method. Maybe Trevor
can replicate this in the Marshall Islands, or others do it
wherever possible. Considering the tons and tons of coir around
for free, and the need for biochar for soil improvement in the
"coconut-belt" of the world, this could be quite significant.<br>
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Clearly it is not TLUD processing, so the question still remains
if TLUD pyrolytic methods and temperatures can sustain the
secondary flame for cooking and yield char.<br>
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Paul<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Doc / Dr TLUD / Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a>
Skype: paultlud Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.drtlud.com">www.drtlud.com</a></pre>
On 2014-04-15 6:16 AM, teddy kinyanjui wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear John and Llyod
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<div>I seem to have received this by mistake perhaps? I make
charcoal for cooking food, not so much growing it. </div>
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<div>But as you raise the questions of charcoal for filters -
I have certainly (anecdotally) noticed that there is a huge
differance in various charcoals - even from the same plant.
I.e coconuts - the nut becomes a hard shiney charcoal with
few pours and the coir becomes very sponge like and does
not burn so well. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2013/02/coconut-charcoal.html">Please
see http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2013/02/coconut-charcoal.html</a> for
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<div>I hope this is of interest. </div>
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<hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:40:45
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To: johnathon.caguiat<br>
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