<div dir="ltr">Thanks for that clarification. <div><br></div><div>Seems that charcoal making kilns are finally getting a bit more attention in Kenya as well - <a href="https://nature4climate.org/news/headline-stories/less-wood-for-more-charcoal-how-women-are-leading-the-charge-for-sustainable-charcoal-in-kenya/">https://nature4climate.org/news/headline-stories/less-wood-for-more-charcoal-how-women-are-leading-the-charge-for-sustainable-charcoal-in-kenya/</a> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best, </div><div><br></div><div>teddy </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Teddy Kinyanjui</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif">Sustainability Director</font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3YUMG1TTODQ/Wh6o8gWfRmI/AAAAAAAAAyw/1bp5qqpvmwQwg5JXqL7hz-OLGSx5nSEXgCK8BGAs/s512/TK%2BEmail%2BLogo.jpg" width="200" height="100"><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial narrow, sans-serif"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CookswellJikos" target="_blank"><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/97/28/BgG0H6ZN_o.png"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cookswelljikos" target="_blank"><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/54/7e/owicmXIG_o.png"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/cookswelljikos?lang=en" target="_blank"><img src="https://images2.imgbox.com/64/b1/oh4tfzkH_o.png"></a><br></font></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 11:10 AM, <a href="mailto:scda2@t-online.de">scda2@t-online.de</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scda2@t-online.de" target="_blank">scda2@t-online.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">Dear,</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">on page 19 of this report this should be corrected referring to the "adam-retort" kiln:<br></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">1) "<em>Need of water to cool down the charcoal which leads to lower charcoal quality or</em><br><em>needs additional drying</em>"<br>There is no need of water for cooling, cooling is preferable done during night, the wood chamber is covered by a metal sheet and some removable extra lid for insulation. Once the insulation lid is removed, cooling happens also without water.<br><br><br></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">2) "<em>Pyrolysis gas are not burned completely (only about 50% are)</em>"<br>No, most of the pyrolysis gas is burnt!</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none">3) "<em>Pyrolysis gas are burned without heat recovery</em>"<br>The heat from the burnt wood gas is passing under the wood chamber and its metal plate and is pushing carbonization, that heat recovery isn't it. The heat is used for another process, to accelerate the carbonization process...<br><strong>best</strong></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px">Betreff: [Stoves] Charcoal kilns in Namibia</p>
<p style="margin:0px">Datum: 2018-08-22T20:06:18+0200</p>
<p style="margin:0px">Von: "Cookswell Jikos" <<a href="mailto:cookswelljikos@gmail.com" target="_blank">cookswelljikos@gmail.com</a>></p>
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<div>For those interested in charcoal making for cooking as well - here is a very in-depth study of some kilns in Namibia - <a href="https://ncanamibia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Mobile-Retort-Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://ncanamibia.com/wp-<wbr>content/uploads/2018/03/<wbr>Mobile-Retort-Report.pdf</a></div>
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