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New bio char and new briquette binder - Eco-charcoal

1/26/2013

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Ghislain holding sesame chaff near Ndjamena (Nov. 12)
Moundou - ENVODEV Chad is pleased to announce that the tests they have been making on sesame chaff have been positive. Sesame is grown across southern Chad, and like rice-straw, is burned after harvest.

On 09 November our team tried carbonizing sesame chaff just east of N'Djamena. Since those preliminary tests, Aquilas, Ghislain, and members of APRO-ECO have been collecting sesame chaff in Moundou to get enough char to make briquettes.

According to Aquilas, the charcoal briquette quality equals that of the rice-straw charcoal. This news comes at a great time as ENVODEV is in the process of turning this project into a larger sustainable vocational program (Charcoal as Vocation). 

Along with this encouraging discovery for our project, our ENVODEV staff in Chad has been working closely with villagers of Tilo and Belaba to test a new form of binder. The current binder used to make the briquettes is manioc, a root also known as Kassava. But manioc remains our number one cost for briquette making, and the cost is fairly high. That expense will decrease with time as ENVODEV forms partnerships with local manioc cultivators, but in the meantime, a cheaper binder would be more than welcome to find. Women of Belaba made a new binder from a plant that grows in the wild. This plant, used to make a basic sauce called Tan Koul, is much more abundant and available than manioc, and in terms of cost, represents only one fifth of what manioc costs. 

Both the discovery of sesame chaff as a new form of bio char and the wild plant as an alternative binder will inevitably help the eco-charcoal project become more accessible to everyone, and more easily sustainable. 

18 Comments
Prince Mugisha
1/14/2014 10:54:35 pm

clay can also work as binder and considering its availability i can best advice this recipe 3:1.

I am using it here in Tanzania and it works well,please give them my email for more exchange of information in regard to the char briquette making.

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landry
3/15/2014 04:01:17 pm

hi mugisha,
can you send me your email need to know more about clay as a binder

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myr
1/12/2017 04:05:46 am

hi! i am doing a study about different possible binders for briquettes. i would like to know what specific plant did you used as binder and if you know other kinds of binder suitable for biochar. please do email me . thank you so much

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Ricky
7/17/2014 04:58:56 am

Hi I am also trying to make charcoal briquettes but in Kenya I am very interested in finding out the name of that plant you are using as a binder, please send me an email as soon as possible with the name.

PRINCE MUGISHA

Please send me an email to let me know more about the clay as a binder I will really appreciate your feedback.

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Patricia
1/13/2015 12:48:59 pm

Kindly let me know how much clay as a binder I need to use eg for a 50kg bag of charcoal dust.Thank you.

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Ricky
7/17/2014 05:00:16 am

PRINCE MUGISHA

My email is rickymuhudhia@yahoo.com

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Ricky
7/17/2014 05:01:15 am

PRINCE MUGISHA

My email is rickymuhudhia@yahoo.com

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Ricky
7/17/2014 05:01:23 am

PRINCE MUGISHA

My email is rickymuhudhia@yahoo.com

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Ricky
7/17/2014 05:01:35 am

PRINCE MUGISHA

My email is rickymuhudhia@yahoo.com

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Ricky
7/17/2014 05:01:45 am

PRINCE MUGISHA

My email is rickymuhudhia@yahoo.com

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Ricky
7/17/2014 05:01:59 am

PRINCE MUGISHA

My email is rickymuhudhia@yahoo.com

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Ricky
7/17/2014 05:02:22 am

PRINCE MUGISHA

My email is rickymuhudhia@yahoo.com

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Ricky
7/17/2014 05:13:06 am

PRINCE MUGISHA

My email is rickymuhudhia@yahoo.com

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Gopathi
8/19/2014 09:01:48 pm

Hi I am looking a viable binder for make briquettes. What you think about corn powder (trash) as a binder?

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Lisa Liu link
10/13/2014 05:45:08 pm

Dear Sirs,


Sorry to contact you by this way.
This is Shijiazhuang Ningshu Trading Co.,LTD,and we produce and offer Sawdust Charcoal.
Our Sawdust Charcoal is No Chemical additives or Binders, No Smoke, No Spark, Environment Friendly.

Ningshu supplies the best of

Sawdust Charcoal: 100% Natural Wood Charcoal
Fixed Carbon is 80%-90%, Heating Value is 7500-8500 kcal/kg, Burning Time is up to 5 hours.


If you have any query,please feel free to contact you.


Best Regards,
Lisa Liu
www.ningshucn.com
Skype:ningshu.lisa
Phone:866-800-2239
Fax:886-800-2239

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Deepi Makwana link
11/2/2014 05:37:35 pm

Nowadays briquettes are made from biomass waste through binder less technology. If you want to make Eco briquettes than use <a href="http://www.briquettingpressmachine.com">biomass briquetting press machine</a> which is simply make briquettes from waste materials without using any type of binder or chemical.

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EMMANUEL B.
11/21/2014 10:04:26 am

I am expecting to produce briquettes in DRC, I am now in implamentation. The clay may be binder for all type of waste? Here we have : charcoal fine, sawdust, peaces of wood, agrowaste...
Dear Mr PRINCE MUGISHA, can i have your mail, for to contact you. i would like to visit u in TZ
Emmanuel Byomunjira. emabyz2012@gmail.com

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EMMANUEL B.
11/21/2014 10:04:54 am

I am expecting to produce briquettes in DRC, I am now in implamentation. The clay may be binder for all type of waste? Here we have : charcoal fine, sawdust, peaces of wood, agrowaste...
Dear Mr PRINCE MUGISHA, can i have your mail, for to contact you. i would like to visit u in TZ
Emmanuel Byomunjira. emabyz2012@gmail.com

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