<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Michael: Busting up coconut shell to my experience, takes some heavy duty machinery whether hand driven or not. <div>Our TMC thresher masher s chopper that emerged with help of the Uganda Industrial research institute would do it but its heavy 75kgs all steel ad requires some pretty close tolerances fine for managed use by techn savvy folk, but not good for just putting in a village setting, un managed by such. </div><div><br></div><div> <img id="7b425fd4-8766-419d-9a7d-2d03c55468fe" height="275" width="240" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:1AACE4B8-B87B-4498-A0BA-8B8E6DC8FD6B"><img id="50d39fed-58d9-480f-afc0-fc0271e76e29" height="240" width="244" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:E5FC8954-3763-4677-805D-45F8173F2970"></div><div><br></div><div>Our mini TMC (developed for use here in Central America)is less technically sensitive, more manageable in the field with less skills and lighter at 25 kegs but it is not </div><div>designed to handle coconut husks. </div><div> <img id="6962fcf0-05fb-4968-b883-adaefb8ec65e" height="241" width="241" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:A1601A54-B39F-4ED7-8E11-AE3B84335126"><img id="d7a019a1-afb3-4e4c-b102-64eabed89277" height="293" width="240" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:88F9D290-8946-4F3A-9622-5EC52E35C684"></div><div>would not. </div><div><br></div><div>Otherwise I'd just get ahold of a 5hp hammer mill with a 10 - 12 mm screen hole size. If you can get one with a chinese diesel or its old lister precursor, it'll run on used /waste veggie/cooking oil all day long. </div><div><div><br></div><div>Richard </div><div><br><div><div>On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:10 AM, Michael N Trevor wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div dir="ltr" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
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<div>Actually when dealing with coconut husk there are two elements</div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">coir which it the fiber and then the pith light
weigh sawdust like stuff left over after mechanically separating the
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">As is husk is rather large in volume and not very
dense making is a rather low grade fuel. The extracted fibers have a great many
uses. I believe here, it is the pith that is left over that is being discussed.
This can be resinated and turn in to a Masonite like material. It is also used
as soil amendment and it can be compressed into densified pellet as
fuel.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Shell on its own is a great fuel however it is
also a superb charcoal as well. A process that can reduce shell into a
easily used</font></div>
<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">gasifier fuel to produce charcoal will be a
double winner.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Over all husk and shell are pretty tough stuff
and it takes some pretty serious machinery to slice dice chop and grind into
useable by products</font></div>
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<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Michael Trevor</font></div>
<div><font size="3" face="Calibri">Majuro Marshall
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