Wood Energy Catalogue

Simple technologies for charcoal making

1983
Region
Global

TOC

1 - Logistics of charcoal production; 2 - Growing the wood raw material; 3 - Harvesting and transporting fuelwood; 4 - Carbonisation processes; 5 - Earth pits for charcoal making; 6 - Making charcoal in earth mounds; 7 - Brick kilns; 8 - Metal kilns; 9 - Transport, storage and distribution of charcoal; 10 - Using charcoal efficiently; 11 - Briquetting of charcoal; 12 - Recovery of by-products from hardwood carbonization; 13 - Comparative performance of carbonization systems; 14 - Problems of economics and cost control in charcoal production.

Keywords
charcoal, technology, kilns, carbonization
Type of initiatives
Sector review and study
Level of intervention
Global
Responsible agencies
FAO
Funding agency
Government of Swede