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Elsen:
Congratulations! A few
questions:
1. How will bagasse differ from
sawdust in your base process?
2. Will you now be using more mechanization -
or still a lot of hand labor?
3. I viewed you web site for the first time
in a few months (nice combination of materials). I am interested in your
water heater - which looks like it should be quite efficient. Can you say
more about it? Cost, amount and type of insulation, diameters and height
(gas flow up inside or outside?), efficiency (maybe measure in briquettes per
tankful?), speed to reach boiling temperature, etc.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 3:58
AM
Subject: Using Bagasse- Chardust's
'CaneCoal'
Well, it's official now. Chardust has joined up
with the Chemelil Sugar Company Ltd. in Western Kenya to establish a
prototype plant for the manufacture of charcoal briquettes from waste
bagasse.
With an enabling grant from Britain's DFID
(Department for International Development) through their Business
Partnership Program (BPP), Chardust and Chemelil, a parastatal
company, aim to have a plant up and running within 18 months producing a
minimum of 5,000 kg per day of 'CaneCoal'.
Production trials with bagasse at Chardust's
Nairobi facility have consistently turned out a good usable substitute
for lump charcoal made from wood. We hope that by focusing on
the utilization of huge quantities of agri-industrial waste available
within East Africa- including the coffee, timber and rice industries- we can
play a significant part in reversing the trend of deforestation in this
region.
elk
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