Product Description

The Traditional Technique of Charcoal production (direct): The production technique used in the traditional earth mound Kiln. Charcoal producer go into the nearby forest to fetch woods or collect already disclaimed trees from timber fellers. The woods (sticks) are usually stacked in a rectangular manner with a height of about 4feet, length of about *0 to *2 feet and breadth of about 5 to 6 feet. Three larger woods or logs are used as platform for the arrangement. The woods are arranged according to sizes starting from the largest at the base and the smallest at the top then a large quantity of dry grasses is used to cover the entire stacked wood, which is in turned cover with soil or layer of earth. A hole of about *0cm in diameter is made at a position where the ignition of the stacked wood will be effected. Two holes each are made on both sides of the stacked wood and one more at the end to allow in limited amount of air there by given room for an incomplete combustion of the stock. Several small holes are made on the top for the outlet smoke. These ventilated holes often covered at intervals to regulate the burning of the wood into charcoal. After a section of the stacked wood might have burnt to produce charcoal (about 1 to 3days), the fire is put off and the burning continues at the other section.