Today we have installed a drying frame in the General Hospital, to get the fuel briquettes dry faster. We think that by suspending them far from the floor, they will get the air flow from all sides speeding the process a little bit. Each frame holds up to 200 fuel briquettes.
Hello,
I am moving soon to live in Gisenyi and have been involved w/Barefoot Artists and the Genocide Survivors Village of Rugerero. I would like to share with you our experience with making charcoal briquettees out of banana leaf fiber, corn cobs, etc. using an oil drum kiln (the method developed by the D-Lab of MIT – Amy Smith, et. al.) Please give me your email address and I will send you some photos and videos. I think you will find solutions to some of the issues you have been facing.
Best of luck and health to all of you,
Eric Reynolds
By: Eric Reynolds on November 20, 2008
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