<div dir="ltr">Dear Crispin,<div>there is officially a ban on making charcoal from wood, but the traditional kiln contains a pyramidally piled heap of wooden logs. The heap, about 3 m tall, is enclosed in a brick and mud structure. There are air holes at the base of the structure and a hole at the top for firing the kiln (top-lit, updraft). No flame comes out of the top of the kiln, but only smoke. The wood burns for 3 to 4 days. By looking at the smoke, the locals know when to stop the charring process. The entire kiln is dismantled for removing the charred material. </div><div>We are currently selling a portable charring kiln made of mild steel sheets. The sheets are bolted together by the client to make the kiln. It is also a TLUD kiln, but it produces a flame, on which one can cook. The indication of completed charring is when the kiln stops producing the flame, The fuel holder in this kiln has a capacity of 100 litres. It is primarily meant for garden waste like leaves, twigs and pods of certain trees, but one can use it for charring wood. With garden waste, the kiln produces a flame for about 30 minutes, but with wood, the flame can last up an hour or even longer. There is absolutely no smoke, even with garden waste, if the material is filled only loosely, allowing air to go up through the biomass. A video of this kiln, showing how to assemble the panels, how to fill the biomass, how to ignite it and how to remove the charcoal, can be seen at our web site <a href="http://www.samuchit.com">www.samuchit.com</a>. The web site has a button that connects one to the U-Tube, where one can watch the video. </div><div> Yours</div><div>A.D.Karve</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">***<br>Dr. A.D. Karve<br><br>Chairman, Samuchit Enviro Tech Pvt Ltd (<a href="http://www.samuchit.com" target="_blank">www.samuchit.com</a>)<br><br>Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)<br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crispinpigott@outlook.com" target="_blank">crispinpigott@outlook.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-CA" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dear AD<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">How big are they? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">How many kg of this and that can they hold per firing?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Do you think you could cook for a school on one, or smoke fish, or make salt or is it just not the sort of flame that is reliable enough to apply to process heating?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thanks<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>Crispin<u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Tom,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">a ceramic object is delicate and therefore difficult to transport. One can produce a charring kiln by using bricks and mud. Many of the traditional charring kilns being used in our area are made by using bricks and mud. They are of the T-LUD type.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Yours<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">A.D.Karve<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">***<br>Dr. A.D. Karve<br><br><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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