Demonstration of Stage III Peterson Press

Demonstration of making Biomass Fuel Briquettes with a Stage III Peterson Press. This press is designed to be easily made and replicated in third world countries at low cost. Teams of 2-6 people, typically poor women with a family income of less than $2 USD per day can form a fuel briquette making business to make their own cooking fuel and sell their excess production to their neighbors. This provides income to the producers and reduces the use of charcoal and the deforestation it often causes.

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Fuel Briquette
• Peterson Press
• Alternative Cooking Fuel
• Biomass Briquette
• Deforestation
• Charcoal Alternative

[zibbix]

Adding wood ash to the slurry, will break down the cellulose to make a better slurry. The same process is used to make hominy corn. See nixtamalization in Wikipedia.

[BeavertonRotary]

@zibbix Does the wood ash soften/separate the cellulose fibers or break/dissolve them? The former is good, the latter is bad. We need the cellulose fibers to bind the briquette together when the raw material is compressed. PaulAlley@Comcast.net

[qsdfcvgyjmkl]

Where can I buy one? I live in Canada.

[BeavertonRotary]

@qsdfcvgyjmkl The Beaverton Rotary Foundation sells complete press kits for $75 USD including ground transportation via UPS or FedEx. If you would like one I can send you a PayPal invoice.

PaulAlley@Comcast.net

[MrErnz23]

can u pls send me ur procedure tnx

[BeavertonRotary]

@MrErnz23 I need an email address to be able to send you a pdf file. Would you like the English or French version? PaulAlley@Comcast.net

[zibbix]

It softens the cellulose fibers, It makes it into a somewhat gelatin consistency. If you have had a Tamale you will have a good idea of the texture that can be achieved. In Mexico tamales are still made the old way with the nixtamal process using slaked lime or sometimes wood ash, this softens and loosens the outer cellulose husk which is partially washed away with water.

[62schmidt]

I have a couple suggestions/ questions, for the spacers, in 3rd world countries would not tin/sheet metal spacers ( made from tin cans )be easier to find than acrylic. also more forgiving is dropped or used extensively second in stead of using an ejector pipe. make a shorter ejector that also uses the plunger.saving @ 8inches of pipe

[Lovenberry1]

Hi do you sell the micro compound briquette press thanks

[BeavertonRotary]

@wjj4832 The ingredients vary by what free waste material is available. Typical 3rd world semi urban areas often use something like shredded paper 50-60% (a few as much as 100%), sawdust 30-40% and 0-20% charcoal fines (the unsalable fine powder that is found in piles where charcoal is sold.) Rural areas will reduce the shredded paper content and replace it with rice husks, coffee husks, banana leaves or other agricultural waste.