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    Dear Anil,<br>
    <br>
    It is definitively advance science what you did. We plan to use the
    biochar in the tea plantation, fist experimentally, then large
    scale.<br>
    <br>
    Warm regards,<br>
    <br>
    Pablo<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/08/2016 10:13 AM, nari phaltan
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">BTW
          Ron we used the char in the fields and tested its usefulness
          for the crops. That was in 1995! We did not find any harmful
          affect. Though we did not do a detailed study. Now use of char
          for improving the soil and yields is a rage.</div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">All
          the best.</div>
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          style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">Anil</div>
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          <div class="gmail_signature">Nimbkar Agricultural Research
            Institute (NARI)<br>
            Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road<br>
            P.O.Box 44<br>
            Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India<br>
            Ph:91-2166-220945/222842<br>
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              href="mailto:e-mail%3Anariphaltan@gmail.com"
              target="_blank">e-mail:nariphaltan@gmail.com</a><br>
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              href="mailto:nariphaltan@nariphaltan.org" target="_blank">nariphaltan@nariphaltan.org</a><br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 7:37 AM, nari
          phaltan <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:nariphaltan@gmail.com" target="_blank">nariphaltan@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">Thanks
                Ron for your kindness.</div>
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                style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#351c75">Anil</div>
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                <div>Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)<br>
                  Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road<br>
                  P.O.Box 44<br>
                  Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India<br>
                  Ph:91-2166-220945/222842<br>
                  <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:e-mail%3Anariphaltan@gmail.com"
                    target="_blank">e-mail:nariphaltan@gmail.com</a><br>
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                    href="mailto:nariphaltan@nariphaltan.org"
                    target="_blank">nariphaltan@nariphaltan.org</a><br>
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                    href="http://www.nariphaltan.org" target="_blank">http://www.nariphaltan.org</a></div>
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:00
                    AM, Ronal W. Larson <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                    wrote:<br>
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                        <div>Anil: cc list</div>
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                        <div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span> Excellent
                          report.   I today recommended to Pablo Chinese
                          systems, but obviously Indian designs should
                          also be considered (especially by those closer
                          to India than China).  Are any of the designs
                          you describe available for purchase by Pablo
                          now?</div>
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                        <div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>A
                          key sentence in your 1996 paper is:  “<i>The
                            system also produces char, which is about
                            24% by weight of the original fuel.” </i> 
                            Many people will miss this feature - as most
                          machines using the term “gasifier”  attempt to
                          consume all the char.</div>
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                        <div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">  </span>I
                          also recommend your:  <a
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                            href="http://nariphaltan.org/gasifierhistory.pdf"
                            target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://nariphaltan.org/gasifierhistory.pdf">http://nariphaltan.org/gasifierhistory.pdf</a></a> . 
                          I was unaware that you were doing such
                          excellent work so early.</div>
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                        <div>Ron</div>
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                                <div>On Mar 7, 2016, at 9:03 AM,
                                  Nariphaltan <<a
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                                  wrote:</div>
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                                  <div>You might look at this system
                                    that we developed long ago for leafy
                                    biomass. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nariphaltan.org/Gasifier.pdf" target="_blank">Www.nariphaltan.org/Gasifier.pdf</a><br>
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                                    All the best.<br>
                                    <br>
                                    Anil K Rajvanshi<br>
                                    <br>
                                    Sent from my iPad<br>
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                                    <blockquote type="cite">On
                                      07-Mar-2016, at 4:03 PM, Pablo
                                      <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:pgonzamail@yahoo.es"
                                        target="_blank">pgonzamail@yahoo.es</a>>
                                      wrote:<br>
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                                      Dear All,<br>
                                      <br>
                                      I am following the group and I
                                      find it very interesting. Thank
                                      you to all for your contributions.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      I work in tea in China in a
                                      private initiative project aimed
                                      to increase the sustainability of
                                      the organic tea garden and the
                                      local community. Among other
                                      actions, some money is allocated
                                      every year to finance small
                                      projects. I am looking into
                                      biochar stoves to improve
                                      efficiency use of firewood of the
                                      local households (currently
                                      burning wood and coal), however
                                      what I am more interested in at
                                      this moment is into the
                                      possibilities of using pyrolysis
                                      to supply the energy needed for
                                      tea processing while enjoying
                                      other benefits (i.e., biochar for
                                      the tea garden soil, waste
                                      management by using alternative
                                      feedstock such as pig sludge,
                                      producing vegetable coal,…).<br>
                                      <br>
                                      I am not sure if this is the right
                                      place to raise the question … but
                                      I go on:<br>
                                      <br>
                                      I know there exists pyrolysis
                                      systems to generate heat but the
                                      scale is too large for the needs
                                      in the tea factory. I have
                                      explored with some companies and
                                      the minimum feeding rate of the
                                      module is 250 kg/hr of biomass and
                                      our needs lay somewhere 300-600
                                      kg/day of biomass (12-24 kg/hour).
                                      So my question is, do you know if
                                      pyrolysis modules to produce heat
                                      (and biochar as side product) can
                                      be scaled down to what I need?
                                      And, if yes, do you know of any
                                      company working on this?<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Thank you very much! and sorry if
                                      my question was raised in the
                                      wrong place.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Warm regards,<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Pablo<br>
                                      <br>
                                      Brief description of the area: The
                                      tea factory is located in a remote
                                      mountain area (see some pictures
                                      attached). In the factory the tea
                                      is first heat up to stop enzyme
                                      activity, then is rolled and
                                      finally roasted. Currently the
                                      first heat up and roasting is done
                                      using wood and vegetable coal and
                                      the rolling uses electricity. To
                                      process the tea of one year the
                                      factory uses 50 ton of wood trunks
                                      (big trunks, with some water
                                      content), 5 ton of wood brunches
                                      (as fire starter, dry thinner
                                      wood), 3.5 ton of vegetable coal
                                      and 35 MWh.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      <Letter for pyrolysis
                                      adaptation to tea
                                      factory_pictures.pdf><br>
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