Dear Matthew <<Stephen Gitonga of ITDG mentioned the efforts of the Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU) to market coffee husk charcoal in Kenya. These began in 1987 but have pretty much ended, with over 600 tonnes unsold at the KPCU depot. The product was unpopular with consumers due to its smokiness, and the marketing operation was run inefficiently as an off-shoot of a para-statal organisation. We're re-branding the product as BBQ charcoal and packing in clean 4 kg sacks for supermarkets and convenience stores. The smoke problem persists to an extent, regardless of which binder is used, for 10-11 mins after lighting.>> I would be pleased to try burning it in a Basintuthu single cooker because if persistent smoke is a problem then it is a very good layout for getting it up to temp fast. If you can post me 1/2 a kg or so I would be able to test it. If it works well with a significant reduction in smoking time, then your could produce the stoves to go with it in Kenya. It is primarily a wood burning stove but it does very well with charcoal. Fast temperature rise is an important feature when trying to burn smokey fuel. Howzat? Regards Crispin New Dawn Engineering - Stoves List Archives and Website: http://www.crest.org/discussion/stoves/200202/ http://crest.org/discussiongroups/resources/stoves/ (Under construction) http://www.ikweb.com/enuff/public_html/Stoves.html (Original) Stoves List Moderators: Ron Larson, ronallarson@qwest.net Alex English, english@adan.kingston.net Elsen L. Karstad, elk@wananchi.com www.chardust.com List-Post: <mailto:stoves@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:stoves-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:stoves-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:stoves-subscribe@crest.org> Sponsor the Stoves List: http://www.crest.org/discuss3.html - Other Biomass Stoves Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1010424940_7.html Bioenergy http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975339_7.html Gasification http://www.crest.org/articles/static/1/1011975672_7.html Carbon For information about CHAMBERS STOVES http://www.ikweb.com/enuff/public_html/Chamber.htm
