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  1. Understanding Biogas Generation

    1984-01-01 Biogas generation is a process that takes place in an oxygen-free environment. It uses anaerobic bacteria--bacteria that live only in the absence of oxygen--to break down complex organic compounds in fairly well-defined stages. The process is called anaerobic digestion. It produces biogas, a gas...
    Biogas VITA Downloads Anaerobic bacteria

  2. Comparing Simple Charcoal Production Technologies For The Caribbean

    1984-01-01 The objectives of the project were to: 1. substitute local renewable fuel for imported fuel, 2. use the forest resource wisely, and 3. create local industry and employment. More specifically for the charcoal portion of the project, we wanted to find the best charcoal production techniques in...
    Charcoal production Caribbean VITA

  3. Comparing Charcoal And Wood-Burning Cookstoves In The Caribbean

    1980-01-01 The objectives of the Montserrat Fuelwood/Charcoal/Cookstove Project were to: Substitute local renewable cooking fuel from the forest for imported liquid fuels, Use the forest resource wisely, and Create local industry and employment. Specifically for the cookstove portion of the project, all...
    Charcoal Wood stoves Cookstoves Caribbean VITA

  4. Making Charcoal: The Retort Method

    1980-01-01 The retort is one of the most efficient means of producing good quality charcoal. Wood is placed in a large steel cylinder (or "retort"). This has a tightly closed door, and some means to let tar and gases escape. The cylinder is heated from the outside. No air enters the barrel. When the wood in...
    Charcoal production Charcoal Utilization Retort VITA Downloads

  5. Crafts And Village Industry: Pottery - Waste Oil Fired Kiln

    1988-01-01 Ceramic kilns that burn waste oil from automobiles and other industries have been operating in Tanzania, Haiti, and several other developing countries for several years. These kilns offer the advantages of good operational control that is easily achieved with fuel oil, but lower fuel cost because...
    Waste Oil Kilns VITA Downloads Ceramic Fuel Oil

  6. Double-Drum Sawdust Stove

    1988-01-01 In the United States, sawdust traditionally has been burned in large furnaces for industrial heating, in smaller furnaces for home heating, and in fireplaces in the form of compressed logs. In other parts of the world, loose sawdust has been burned for years in inexpensive double-drum stoves....
    Sawdust Stoves Cookstoves Double-Drum Stove VITA Downloads

  7. Portable Metallic Cookstove

    1988-01-01 This Industry Profile is one of a series briefly describing small or medium-sized industries. The Profiles provide basic information for starting manufacturing plants in developing nations. Specifically, they provide general plant descriptions, financial, and technical factors for their...
    Metallic Cookstoves Cookstoves VITA Downloads

  8. Cookers And Stoves: FIRELESS COOKER

    1985-01-01 Where fuel is scarce, this easy-to-build fireless cooker can be a contribution to better cooking. It keeps food cooking with a small amount of heat stored in hot stones; loss of heat is prevented by a thick layer of insulating material around the pot. Fireless cookers have been successfully used...
    Fireless Cooker Cookers Stoves Cookstoves VITA

  9. Testing The Efficiency Of Wood-Burning Cookstoves

    1985-01-01 This document includes the step by step procedures for each of the standardized tests, followed by Procedural Notes that give specific suggestions for conducting the tests. The sample data and reporting forms included for each test are designed to simplify the recording of essential information....
    Wood-Burning Stoves Cookstoves VITA Testing Efficient Resourse... Efficiency

  10. Improved Woodstoves: Users' Needs And Expectations In Upper Volta

    1980-01-01 These three improved stove construction and dissemination projects are augmented by two research projects. One concerns technical and scientific research to formulate mathematical rules for the construction of fuel efficient stoves. It is being conducted by the University of Eindhoven and the TNO...
    Wood stoves VITA Stoves Downloads