Charcoal Production

TEDTALK: AMY SMITH
TED Technology Entertainment Design, BMW, 2006

"MIT engineer Amy Smith designs ingenious low-cost devices to tackle tough problems in developing countries. She received a MacArthur "Genius" Grant in 2004, and was the first woman to win MIT's famed Lemelson Prize. In this talk, she explains the vision behind her inventions, which include eco-friendly charcoal and a laboratory incubator that doesn't require electricity. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 15:48)"

Russian and Ukrainian Manufacturers of Charcoal, Meeting March 14, 2007, St. Peterburg
Dr. Yury Yudkevich, main technologist "Bioenergy LLC"

DEAR FRIENDS,

Russian and Ukrainian manufacturers of charcoal have decided to organize a meeting. This meeting will take place in Petersburg on March, 14. They plan 1. to create association charcoalinger. 2. To develop the common strategy of sales of coal. 3. To study opportunities of a collective output on the foreign markets. Participation of wholesale consumers of charcoal from Europe and others is desirable.

Charcoal Production Improvements
John Kuteesakwe GTZ, German Development Cooperation, German Technical Cooperation, The Republic of Uganda Ministry of Energy and Mineral DevelopmentProgram Officer, Energy Advisory Project 2005

Charcoal Production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rensselear Resch, Trade and Environment Database Project 498, American University, Washington, DC. 1998

Charcoal Kiln, Zambia
Robert Yokelson University of Montana, 2000

Bamboo-Based Charcoal Production
NMBA National Mission on Bamboo Applications,Info-sheet 03 09/05
Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), India

Renewable Carbon Links to Biomass Charcoal and Activated Carbon on the Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP) Website.

Continuous Carbonization System CCS_INTT, Burundi, Chris Adam, Appropriate Technologist and Designer, Germany Revised April 2006

Flash Carbonization of Biomass Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Lloyd S. Paredes, and Michael J. Antal, Jr. Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822

Karbotek, Estcourt, South Africa www.karbotek.com 2004 Charcoal and Activated Carbon