The Process of Making Fuel Briquettes
Mixing / Blending the materials after decomposition: Once the materials have been suitably decomposed they are ready for blending: The average farmer we have trained picks up the idea in less than two days. It is often a more daunting task for those who are perhaps more “educated” have lost their sense of a feel for the natural environment.
Testing the readiness of the decomposed/pounded material for pressing:
The “ooze” test: if the material ooze through your fingers on squeezing your fist, it is too “ripe”. The fibers are either insufficient in number or those which are present have been destroyed by too much decomposition. Add more fiber and test again. Oozing is equivalent to over coking the material: indeed it means that you are well on the way to making topsoil: however topsoil does not burn usually very well.
The “spring back” test:
The “shake” test:
The fist step in fuel briquette making is to mix the materials:
Once the mold set is filled to the top, the piston is inserted over the center piper and pressed down by hand to rid the mold of excess water and loss air cavities as shown in tayi
Ejecting the fuel briquette
Lift the handle all the way to the top as shown below in Tanzania Youth Icon.
Drying and Storage:
The fuel briquette should be carefully moved aside to dry with minimum handling, where it can be assured of an even air flow, protected from rain, but in open windy areas as much as possible.
THIS IS THE GROUP WHO EJECT FUEL BRIQUETTES
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Photo by Teacher Mohammed (BIZO)
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