[Gasification] brush to charcoal

[Don Murray]

ref: Chaparal feed to charcoal for Joshua

The commercial bigChar 2200 unit from Black is Green Pty in Australia is a
product solution worth evaluation. BigChar 2200 <http://www.bigchar.com.au>

Don Murray, ing.
EMISPEC
Canada
www.emispec.ca

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Joshua Bogart <joshua.bogart at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have been an observer on this list for a while, I don't think I have ever
> sent a message. I am a biologist who works with Agroforestry, and would like
> some opinions on a potential project.
> I am working with a couple of groups in Honduras who own medium to large
> tracts of land (30-1,000 acres) which are covered with chaparal (lowland,
> secondary forests dominated by species in the generas *Prosopis, Mimosa*,
> and *Acacia*) This land is of relatively low quality for agriculture in
> the past was used as pasture land but even of low quality for that. We are
> currently looking at the potential for firewood harvests through thinning of
> multiple stems and rotational cutting. Depending on the quality of
> th site we are assuming that we can get a harvest of aprox. 20 tons per acre
> on a 10 year cutting scheme, so on the smallest tract we should be able to
> harvest 60 tons per year, This is all small diameter wood  <5 inches.
>
> There is a local market for this firewood and at least in the smaller
> tracts we would be able to sell as dry firewood, but I am looking into the
> possibility of converting to charcoal which would increase the value and
> lower the costs of transportation, if it would be possible to produce energy
> for local use all the better. How difficult would it be to design a system
> that would 1) work on this type of material, 2) provide
> an efficient charcoal production, 3) provide some energy for local use?
>
> --
> Joshua D Bogart
> Program Coordinator
> Trees for the Future
> Siguatepeque HN
> Barrio Macaruya, Calle, 21 de Agosto
> cellular (504) 9696-3700
> home/casa 740-1060
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