I know that this is an old video, but in my years of searching for ideas on making briquettes this has been by far the best one I have seen. Thank you

@turtlezed

Жыл бұрын

2022 and the simplicity of it is still relevant.

Making your mold a long tube would require about the same number of hammer strokes as making a single briquette but would yield a briquette bar that could be cut into many briquettes. Another idea would be to make a sheet to the correct thickness, then cut the briquettes out like biscuits.

Lol I saw this done by village people in east Asia. Here's a professor from MIT to demonstrate... Wow, just how much education has brought us to.

@leonvdm

9 жыл бұрын

***** bla bla bla indeed, this person thinks she made a invention that changes the world. well she didnt

The casava porrage acts as a binder (glue). I've just been looking at some other ideas and they use clay type soils/water, flour/water, or paper/water mush. Its basically anything starchy or gloopy that will bind it together when dry. The mix tends to be 1/4 to 1/3 binder to charcoal, but thats for experimenting with.The plus sides of burning charcoal to cook on in the home is the lack of fumes and smoke which causes no end of respiratory problems all over the third world. Another plus is it uses what would be waste biomass. Ok, that should be composted and returned to the land but it won't be and it is better than chopping down forest. Yes, "it's bleedin obvious" once you have watched it but the point is she is sharing it. Getting the thought process out there. There are utube examples of womens groups setting up small co'ops and doing this to supplement the family income and cut down on imported fuels/LPG, giving them bussiness skills and developing community. All good in my book.

Love the video and the kind lady in it explaining things in a nice and simple way. Thank you for posting this video. I will try making it at some point.

Thank you for this beautiful carbonization process revealed!!!

it is December 12 2019 folks and this is still a good video :) Thumbs Up!!!

Wow. So simplified and effective. You’re a genius ma’am

Congratulations from Romania! Well done Dr. Smith!

cassiva is a plant commonly grown by subsitance farmers in tropical regions, it's the plant that makes tapioca- so it produces a lot of starch. Pretty much any starchy binder would work. It just depends on your area. Look for whatever is cheap to make gravy or puddings in your area- cornstarch would work well, anything that makes things thicker or stick together.

Simply beautiful. Excellent works

@Thetruthishere11 The idea is to make use of a material that normally would be wasted and just rot on the field. Wood means trees, and the whole idea is to spare trees.

This is fascinating stuff. It's simple yet can be used for economic development in some places. Great video!

that was amazing ! best thing ive seen for a good while.well impressed thanx

wow im very impressed with what you guys built

Instead of mixing it with cassava porridge, mix it with the isopropyl- calcium acetate jelly stuff made in Nurdrage's video ( flaming jelly). This will not only act as a binding agent, but will also let you easily light the charcoal briquette on fire without having to dry it out.

that's very interesting, thanks for the suggestion! I didn't know it, and will pass it on also to Amy Smith of MIT.

Brilliant!!! Far more sustainable for those without infrastructure. Bravo!

brilliant work, I live in Africa where his kind of work is very much needed.

@shuliycharcoalmachine50

5 жыл бұрын

We have more advanced machines charcoalmachines.com

@korkuounas7473

3 жыл бұрын

As usual, westerners copy what is already done in Africa. Watch this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qZdlycSfqajWf9Y.html

this video is amazing. makes me wanna make my own charcoal

I live in Mexico and I use leftover tortillas to make porridge for charcoal briquettes, but I boil newspaper in the porridge to make more shock resistant briquettes. If you have clay, then you should use it to make a reusable charcoal mound like Primitive Technology. Btw, I just made a hydraulic briquette press, reducing unnecessary splashing and messy work.

Simplicity = brilliance. As Einstein said: Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Amazing video and so simple. Looks like fun to.

Your really a good teacher

Excellent Demonstration 👍

Wonderful work. I want to try this in Haiti especially using the little cube stoves. The briquettes can be dried using the small family-size solar ovens and the big Villager, oven from Sun Ovens International, too. Perfect for small microenterprises involving cooking, bakery goods, soups,...any cooked food without using charcoal from wood. Keep up this work. It is affordable and we intend to try it! WE have 3 Villager Ovens and many small Sun Ovens in Haiti and plan to establish an extension of our bakery program. Exciting.! Will write for drawing and more information for large press to assembly line. Hey...new jobs for the villagers!

Super leuke video. Wat doen jullie mooie projecten. Inspirerende! Leuk he om videos te maken. Vind ik zelf ook altijd mega gaaf om te doen. Heel veel succes met alle komende video's!!

Thanks for this video Amy... I could certainly apply some if not all the information you provided in here to teach my people back home.... would you be so kind to post a video of the "production line" which you mentioned towards the end of your video. thank you for sharing your ideas.

This is one of the best way to make biochar of agriculture wastes and its best managment to use in naturaral farming to save our climet and human civilization.

Estimada Dama , podria explicarlo en español .. o indicarme con que mezclo el carbon antes de prensarlo ? Dear Lady, could explain or point me in Spanish .. I mix with charcoal before pressing it?

Great video! I like the dog in the background. I am testing your application using my Weber BBQ and OAK flooring from a house next door. The wax and paint on the OAK act as an accelerater. I have not go the timing right yet. This wood is about 5/8" x 3" x 6". Do you have anythoughs?

Nice demo, thanks

I love this, simple and accessible. The one question I have is the binding agent, what kind of proportions do you use or is it just a case of trial and error?

that professor is so knowledgeable and informative

@leonvdm

9 жыл бұрын

Beige Velivo shes the kind of person who's not smart enough to do the real stuff, she takes credit from other peoples inventions who invented this decades ago. those inventers moved on and are building rockets by now. shes 50 and still has nothing better to tell than this.

Nice vid Amy. I have been experimenting with making charcoal for my smoker and was having a hard time figuring out "when" to seal it up, good information. Thanks :)

@amysmith4074

Жыл бұрын

I just did a charcoal training last week, after many years away from the project, it was great. And what I found is that people tend to want to cover the drum too soon. Patience!! It is better to have a slightly lower yield, with everything carbonized than to have incomplete carbonization, which leads to lower quality briquettes, and more difficult handling of the material...

@realjoefriday thanks for the suggestion!

Thanks for this! I'm wondering how this could be applied to a diy incinerator toilet build. I am looking for a low-tech solution to expensive commercial incinerator toilets for a shipping container house project for people in need.

I enjoyed watching the video clip. Thank you for sharing. God bless.

thank you I`ll try it soon

Being fairly academical myself, and coming from a family who have all a high level of academics, i can wholeheartedly agree with that!

A very impressive simple process. You did not mentioned what is your cassava porridge. I this a binder?

good technology that is sustainable to small holders' farmers.

Can't believe this video is 11 years and I am only catching up to it now. Any way we can recycle or use the thick smoke?

TLUD design by the looks of it. Works best when lit from the top.

Yea, we need more info on alternative binders.

Amazing!

Have you tried the press without a bottom plate - just against the wood block?

Is it possible to use concentrated sunlight to hearing up the drum?

@Thetruthishere11 I agree that something like a rocket stove would also work. However: 1) they are much larger / more complicated / more expensive than most regular cooking stoves that people have, which are basically small improvements over an open fire 2) making the charcoal briquettes in the field reduces the volume to be transported and adds value, which can help build small enterprises 3) making the charcoal in the field gets rid of polluting substances away from where people live. 2)

@ronwhitehead3824

2 жыл бұрын

You do this on a beach???

Yeah i got you...Cassava porridge..searching and patience makes you success..problem solve..good idea for business too...thank you

Very helpful, thanks! :D would be grateful if someone could share research papers on the methodology please

what did they add to the charcoal? is it other alternatives besides cassava?

Hello what is the life expectancy of the drum with the high temperature ?

Amazing I'will try it.

Thank you

Thanks so much

Thank you so much dear muzungu.

"It's remarkable how common sense comes from the field, not from academia." Aint that the truth!

@nunyabiznis817

6 жыл бұрын

And that was from a professor.

Can we use normal glue, such as white glue instead of the 'casava porige'?

I tried making charcoal briquettes using rice straw but it doesn’t burn well. It dies off before burning completely. I made it with carbonized woods and it works perfectly. Do you think the problem is with the rice straws?

Someone mentioned using a large pan instead to make multiple bricks. That would work, & the top to the pan can be made to press & cut the bricketts at the same time!

facinating

is the briquette hard enough to use it for other purposes?

Is it okay if you briquette first then burn the biomass? Or its better if you burn the biomass then briquette?

What is your ratio of charcoal to binder ?

Hey, does anyone know if it would be possible to have a forge with dubble-wall-structure(2-rims), so I can put wood blocks in between the 2 rims to use that heat for evaporating the moisture from the wood? If it works I would ofcourse condensate the fumes so I don't breath these when I'm melting stuff. Thanks in advance, greets

Muito bom!!

she should get a Nobel prize.because what she does can safe, at first millions of cm3 of wood that will be chopped down to make cooking fires... and make life easier for millions of people BUT also give work to people who will make these brickets.excellent done Doktor! -keep it simple stupid- ( no offence to the Doctor) indeed works and works well!!!!

@harleyxxfabco

9 жыл бұрын

Only this is nothing new. People have been making charcoal for thousands of years my friend. This professor is just so pleased with herself for having stumbled on a skill that uneducated peasants perfected and use on a regular basis. She acts like she invented the wheel.

@leonvdm

9 жыл бұрын

austrorus noobelprice!??! whattt??? NO way!! this is just some old bullshit. if this is worthy of getting a nobelprice I should have got 10 by now.

Not sure if you are interested but when you sho the square stock, instead of welding the bars on the bottom just leave open and use a slightly thicker base, that way the outside just sits over the base and no welding other than for the tamper. Neat ideas though.

Very, very intersting!!!

I wish I were able to make charcoal that way in my backyard without my neighbors freaking out.

@ 8:25, do you even need the bar stock across the bottom? Just a short section of square tube, the back plate on its post, and the presser plate with the whacking end. Having the bar stock across the end means being able to scoop and fill more easily, but it isn't crucial. And if the users don't have access to welding, cut the square tube with a hacksaw but leave a couple of flaps to fold over. Those become the back.

Bridges are not only cassava, but also seaweed and maize are okay.

Good job

Is it really necessesary to hammer the molder to form the briquettes? Some article says that you can form the briquettes just by you hand?

nice video, thanks for sharing. Wouldn't you rather design your bricket form to have facets like the charcoal you buy for bbq because of the radiant properties?

what is the ratio and proportion of the burnt material: cassava porridge? is it 1:1 ?thanks.

Yea its the way to go

I want one of these.

@zibbix interesting, thanks! will try it out.

Cassava is a starchy crop. When you grate it, it becomes a sticky mass, that is a quite efficient glue.

I'm affraid I don't know what biochar is?

Fantastic. Is there a place I can purchase the simplified version of the briquette press?

@relentlessmadman

9 жыл бұрын

having the means to weld it is the most difficult part. look for custom welding fab, or a blacksmith shop.

Italians in the southern mountain regions have been making charcoal this way for centuries! Until 1862, Italy was no more than a collection of City-State Plantations owned by whom ever was in favor of the Vatican. Countries from all over the Med. had their hands in these provinces, one of the reasons why regional cooking differences so greatly in Italy today.

How musk is made and how to combine cassava porrage

Charcoal can be stored for decades, will not rot, lighter by volume than the original material and burns hot. Ideal for small buisness/familys to make charcoal briquettes out of what is considered waste. To cook food even after the stalks would have rotted away, to make money. A large part of humanity cooks their food with wood or charcoal.

@feltwiener69 Any kind of starchy material usually works, at least, if you can 'bake' the brickets afterwards to firm them up. Otherwise, you will need some kind of natural glue, I suppose.

Cassava plant is a root vegetable. Looking at the paste that she had in the video, I am going to take a guess that it's just intended as a binder for the carbon. So maybe shredded paper and water soaked for a long time in high concentration to make a porridge may achieve the same thing? Paper and water are the two of three ingredient in other biomass briquette so it might work here as well? You probably just won't end up with charcoal per se but biomass briquettes. Would love to try this.

A little confused about how is closing the bottom and covering the top does not smother out the fire inside the drum. Does the drum have other holes that are left open so air can get in and continue the burning process?

This is both science and art...science is precise ..and art allows for environmental variables ...tis is a great way for people living in underdeveloped nations to be self sufficient. And juat because in USA we have modern convenience's doest make it best...independence is best!

lost me at the binder, what is cassava porridge, and/or what would be an easy alternative?

@UnknownNewDisease cassava porridge is starch paste, potato paste or other starches what we used to used to stick wallpaper with until we refined it and called it cellulose paste same stuff fancy name,when you next cook pasta and are left with slimy water its starch or calories take your pick

wow it is nice

I like it. I live in the Midwest where we have a lot more ag waste then trees. I wonder how good it would work in a iron forge?

@F3Ibane

10 жыл бұрын

Scott, I believe charcoal produced in this manner is somewhere between 25-50% as efficient as coal, so in theory it should perform similarly but you'll consume material more quickly. There may also be other concerns with regard to introducing impurities in the metal, but someone with more expertise would have to confirm or deny that as I don't have specific experience using charcoal in a forge.

Is there a way to reduce the smoke or contain it before the carbonization process?

@pushkarsawant762

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps covering the exhaust with a type of condenser like a wet cloth?

Archaeologists are the ones who rewrite history :()

How much porridge to charcoal ratio?

Thanks for the video. I was just wondering whether air into the drum will help or hurt the carbonization process. I'm an innovator in Africa, trying to produce briquettes from elephant grass.

@steveharing1423

Жыл бұрын

Allowing air into the drum will allow it to burn to ash,

could these charcoal briquettes be used to filter water through?

I could be rude and say "Google it" but I won´t, but I did so cassava/maniok/arrow root/tapioka is rich in starch, my mother swore by arrowroot as thickening for clear sauces and for fruitdishes like Danish Rødgrød or Russian Kissel or Compote or Chinese food. In Sweden we make "kräm"and "saftkräm", Rheubarb is popular in summer, eat it with milk, it´s tasty and neutralize the otherwise strong acid in rheubarb which could be bad for your teeth."Rabarberkräm". PS Lignin ought to work.