Chris, Its amazing how much is happening often right outside our back door and because of lack of communication technology or awareness or both, the word often gets out internationally far before it does, locally/nationally or even regionally.
Briquetting has apparently been going on in east Timor since June 2010 Here are two contacts we have had in Indonesia. The first worked (perhaps he still does) in East Timor ! Nicholas Molyneux <[email protected]> hereis our communication with him. starting back in mid 2010; From: Nicholas Molyneux <[email protected]> Date: June 15, 2010 8:03:28 PM PDT To: Richard Stanley <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {briquetting} Briquetting in Timor Hi Richard, thank you for your comments. Briefly, we have refined our formula to about a 2:2:1 dry weight ratio (coffe husk :sawdust: paper) and we continue to produce a few thousand briquettes per day between about 4 groups. The briquettes light extremely easily and burn very well, and without smoke after the first few minutes of heating up the fire. Each briquette burns for about 7-10 minutes. They are a lot thinner and i'm sure less dense than the briquettes i see in the pictures from Malawi etc. They are about as tough and only slightly heavier than a piece of dry bread of the same size, i.e. you can break them with your fingers. Ones which have more paper are nice and tough and can be used once the fire is hot. We also produce the side feeding stoves which we have designed specifically for these size and combustibility briquettes. I will send you a pdf of some photos. Paper availability in Dili is not an issue (plenty of UN and NGO rubbish), in fact we are doing the city a service by cleaning up the mess. Best Nick On 16/06/2010, Richard Stanley <[email protected]> wrote: Nicholas , Thanks much for sharing your detailed report. I have these few questions and observations. You mention coffee husks with sawdust and paper.. It surprises me that one can combine coffee husks with sawdust at all. Our tests in Uganda /2003-4/ revealed the need for a binder to but we used leaves and rotting rice and other grass- straw. Paper is a wonderful but it is also a very illusive opiate for briquetters worldwide : It binds things very nicely into a hard/dense briquette, but then, as you note, it's harder to ignite , and ultimately leaves the producer short of supply for real production. it also gives off a less than pleasant aroma during combustion. Soaking paper also has a shelf life of about two weeks in water before it begins to smell foul. I would look to grass or rice straws as binder infiller material. As another option, Joel Chaney (nottingham University (4th entry below--you tube) has shown that one can use banana peels as a infiller/binder material. It is fast gaining attention globally : -- Nicholas Molyneux Climate Change Advisor Fini ba Moris Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries PO Box 221 Dili Timor-Leste +670 7407903 www.seedsoflifetimor.org Another contact MArgareth Greferrer out of Germany, had this information about GTZ- funded and managed project. We have not kept in touch with or been kept in touch by them though. ...From: Margareth Gfrerer <[email protected]> Date: August 16, 2008 10:51:35 GMT-07:00 To: Richard Stanley <[email protected]>, [email protected] Cc: "Prof. Dr. Magnus Jaeger" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: fuel briquette press kit manual / Manuals available in Bahasa Indonesia Dear Richard & Novendriono, I'd like to inform you that the WOMIN-Project has elaborated lecture material on 'Briquettes Production' in Bahasa Indonesia. As the WOMIN- Project has been terminated by June 2007, the Training Centre on Grassroots Technology at the University of Indonesia (TCGT) is continuing the research activities in the field of 'Briquettes Production'. Prof. Jaeger and his team at University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden are still working on 'Briquettes Production" in Indonesia as well as on the briquettes-fueled 'energy efficient stove'. FYI: Prof. Jaeger cooperates in this field with several Indonesian Universities. Novendriono, please let me know your specific requirement that I can bring your concern to TCGT. Let's communicate by sms. My HP: +6281319918084. Best regards, Margareth Gfrerer No doubt that many on this list, not the least of which will be Crispin, will have excellent stove design advise for you and that is combined with what is ther eby way of experience of the tow above groups shoudl gte you well on your way . If you still feel that you want further techniclal advice on briquette blends, presses and production options, I would suggest getting a set of our 4 starter kit manuals (85 USD ) but frankly, it is far better to go directly to those with direct experience in your region/ area. In either event do keep in touch the briquete network is growinn in yoru region and there will be need for training resouces as your team gains more experience. I am also ccying this to Josh Guinto in the Philippines who is an excellent stove designer and briquetter , as well as Sanu Kaji up in Nepal . Sanu trained the first contact mentioned above, Nicholas and is a serious trainer since 2003 Ok Chris, I hope that helps, Best of luck, Richard Stanley www.legacyfound.org
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