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[adam u partner]

Dear C.V.Krishna,

with the ICPS (Improved Charcoal Production System), which is
a new and innovative "low-cost retort kiln"- and which costs about
300 Euro per unit to construct-
we produce charcoal with an efficiency or yield of about 35% or more
referred to the dry weight of the initial wood.
These retort kilns are already working in Kenya, Turkey and Germany.

Owners or of wood plantation are in a good benefit and motivated to plant
more wood if they can add this much value to it by using a this more
environmentally friendly charcoal production system!

Not to mention that retort kilns are known to reduce harmful emissions
into the atmosphere by up to 75% !
2,4 Millions tons/year of charcoal is produced (and 1 Million in Zambia)
alone, mostly by an inefficient earth-mount kiln method.
lets start and and fight against this waste of wood and bio-mass
by using  modern and cheap retort kilns which are adapted
to rural areas.....!
best
Chris Adam


> Dear Patrick
> I am subject to correction in saying that 'If you process/burn 100 Kgs of
> wood, you get 15 Kgs of charcoal". However, the Heat value difference of
> char coal and a 10% dry wood will be 2000 Kcal. Now denudation of forest and
> impact on tree cutting is well known to all of us. Why can't we approach
> with a stove that uses least wood and a device to it making it smoke free
> and ultimately make sure for the adoption of the stove by the women?
> Jico stove of Kenya undoubtedly is popular and smoke free - but at what cost
> of the Forest denudation? We the stovers should ,hence, my opinion, that
> priortise the wood burning in an improved smoke free stove followed by
> gasification of wood.
> -C.V.Krishna
>   
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