Friday, August 7, 2009

Continuous Batch Charcoal Retort in the Kitengela Arboretum


This is a top loading continuous batch charcoal retort. It makes light charcoal from 1/2" to 4" diameter sustainably harvested tree branches.
Prices start at 550USD*
*Training, use and upkeep lessons included
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  1. SteveKSeptember 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    Can it use aquatic weeds like Typha and Phragmites as feedstock? If so, I'm very interested and want to know more. Exactly where is Kitengela arboretum? My prospective user is in a place called Bungoma, but I really don't know where that is.

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  2. Teddy KinyanjuiOctober 28, 2009 at 11:49 AM

    a steel drum has great applications for carbonizing almost any biomass, the trick is in the skill of the operator. they would have to be well dried of course. The Arboretum is on the outskirts of Nairobi, quite a ways from Bungoma, but next year the prospective user can come out to the the stove/fuel school and take a training course.the retort can be made by a local artisan

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