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DOST-FPRDI improves technology to produce high quality bamboo charcoal
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The Department of Science and Technology’s Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI) has redesigned its bamboo charcoaling kiln to make high quality charcoal at a higher yield.
According to Engr. Belen B. Bisana, Chief of the Institute’s Bio-Energy and Equipment Development Section, the improved kiln is intended to produce high quality charcoal for industrial uses such as removing odor, purifying water and maintaining soil alkalinity. As it can be loaded with at most 500 kilos of bamboo slats, the machine yields 35-40 % of charcoal compared to the conventional drum kiln that only makes 25-31%.
“Bamboo is a good raw material for charcoal since it is a fast-growing plant and can be re-harvested without any harmful impact on the environment,” explained Bisana. “The part of the bamboo used for charcoal is the stem base, which is typically discarded or left behind after harvesting,” she added.
Mindanao casket-maker installs DOST-FPRDI lumber dryer
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One of biggest casket-makers in Mindanao is almost done putting up its furnace-type lumber dryer (FTLD), after DOST-FPRDI researcher Caesar A. Cuaresma supervised the facility’s installation last March.
According to DOST-FPRDI’s Pedrito A. Lontok, “The 3,000-board-feet capacity lumber dryer of King Jude Metal Caskets and Accessories is about 70 percent completed, after the major parts were put in place last month. The owners requested for the immediate construction of the dryer so that they would be better able to meet the quality and volume requirements of St. Peter Funeral Parlors, their sole client.”
Funds for the dryer were loaned from the DOST’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP).
DOST-FPRDI expert speaks at bamboo seminar
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DOST-FPRDI’s For. Robert A. Natividad was one of the speakers to the above group of attendees at the most recent seminar of the Carolina Bamboo Garden in Antipolo.
