<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Ron, </div><div><br></div><div>We have quite a few customers here who buy kilns for maize cob charcoal making - <a href="http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-and-use-maize-cob-charcoal.html">http://kenyacharcoal.blogspot.com/2012/10/make-and-use-maize-cob-charcoal.html</a> the wood vinegar from it seems particularly useful in organic farming according to 2 farmers who had bought them. </div><div><br></div><div>Corn cob charcoal itself is pretty awesome - it burns super fast and hot which makes it good for blending with regular charcoal or quick cooking of things like tea or rice. </div><div><br></div><div>Best, <br><br>Teddy</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" 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><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 4:10 AM Ronal Larson <<a href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net">rongretlarson@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">List: <br>
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Kevin McLean and I have been supporting some research in Uganda on making char from corn cobs. They seem perfect to me - the right costs, shape, and size. Mostly left in the field, but would be much more valuable if converted to both energy and char (the latter to go back to the field). <br>
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Anyone know of any place where this is now happening - in stoves (TLUD or other)?<br>
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This is somewhat similar to using rice husks, which is happening a lot. Besides corn cobs, what other crop residues should be used for combined cooking and char-making? <br>
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Ron<br>
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