[Gasification] SPAM: Coconut Charcoal

[Angela Clark]

Mr. Tom, apa kabar?
The shell is still wet, I haven't gotten around to checking the moisture
levels yet. We have just removed the copra from the shell and are storing
she shells outside in the sun for now awaiting pick-up. Which is why I want
to get something going for charcoal.



On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Anand Karve <adkarve at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Angie,
> If you want charcoal just for burning or for application to the soil, we
> can provide you with a simple kiln, based on the TLUD principle. The kiln
> is supplied in the form of metal panels, which only need to be bolted
> together (the nuts and bolts are provided with the panels). The entire kit
> comes packed in a cardboard box, about 1mX1mX10cm.  Almost 100 such kilns
> are in operation in India. The kilns have been tested on coconut shells
> (with and without husk). If the material to be charred is dry, the kiln
> does not produce any smoke.  The chamber in which the material is filled,
> has a capacity of only 100 litres, but once you have the kiln, you can just
> enlarge its dimensions and scale it up.
> Yours
> A.D.Karve
>
> ***
> Dr. A.D. Karve
>
> Chairman, Samuchit Enviro Tech Pvt Ltd (www.samuchit.com)
>
> Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)
>
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Tom Miles Easystreet <tmiles at trmiles.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Angie
>>
>> How many kg per shell? Are these wet or air dried?
>>
>> Terima kashiwa
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc.
>> tmiles at trmiles.com
>> Sent from mobile.
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 7:33 PM, <acdewi at gmail.com> <acdewi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all - Cheers from Bali!
>> I am part of a team developing various coconut products ranging from
>> virgin coconut oil, palm sugar, coconut flour, etc.etc.
>> We will be processing around 1 million coconuts this year and want to
>> effectively, efficiently, and affordably utilize the coconut shell as a
>> value add product.
>> Anyone have experience with making coconut charcoal? Or a step further,
>> making activated carbon with coconut shells?
>> In the future (year 2) we will be incorporating biomass gasification
>> using coconut shells, but for the upcoming year we are looking for
>> solutions to our coconut shell surplus.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> -Angie
>>
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