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More Efficient Charcoal Making in Thailand

Boiling Point
Front cover of Boiling Point issue 19
Issue 19 (1989) Stoves Will Not Sell Themselves
ArticleMore Efficient Charcoal Making in Thailand
Energy from wood will remain essential in the Third World for many years and many countries are increasingly using it in the form of charcoal. Improved charcoal burning stoves are being developed and produced in large quantities and are very popular in urban and peri-urban areas.

There are good arguments against the use of charcoal from the point of view of deforestation and one country at least has attempted to have it banned and replace it with agricultural residue briquettes. On the other hand, charcoal can provide the energy needed for viable small, rural industry projects However, there can be no disputing that if charcoal is to be made by small scale rural methods, it should be done as efficiently as is economically possible.

Some years ago the Thailand Royal Forest Dept with the cooperation of USAID established a Charcoal Production, Research Centre in Saraburi and produced a very informative and attractive coloured leaflet on improved rural charcoal production associated with its village woodlot and improved stove programmes.

Relationship between smoke temperature, kiln temperature and time during a typical carbonization for cooking charcoal
Relationship between smoke temperature, kiln temperature and time during a typical carbonization for cooking charcoal


Average Results of Charcoal Production From Various Kilns at RFD Research Centre
Average Results of Charcoal Production From Various Kilns at RFD Research Centre


Intermediate Technology: Project Activities
Intermediate Technology: Project Activities


[top] [end]Contents: Boiling Point 19: Stoves Will Not Sell Themselves

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BP19: Publicity for Stove Programmes - BP19: Publicise your Project by Poster - BP19: Pakistan Villages - Improved Stoves - BP19: Morogoro Fuelwood Stove Project - BP19: Stove Subsidies in Sri Lanka - BP19: Getting Plastered! - BP19: Granular Biomass Fuel Stove - BP19: Stove Profiles - Noflie - Shielded Fire - BP19: Biogas Stoves - BP19: Efficiency of Wood Stoves - BP19: Coal Briquette Technology from China - BP19: Charcoal Making in Thailand

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