1. Biomass Briquettes- Made Easy
-Prabal Sen

2. Winters on and you have various heating
devices ready to dare the cold. But how
about something that gives you the same
heat, takes care of your bills and the best
part, keeps it all pollution free?..

3. Let us try something that costs almost nothing but
gives almost everything you desire. All you need
to have is
are
 Charcoal
 Clean soil
 Waste bowls (mould)
 Few pens or sticks and
 A stove (chulha) to burn the final product.

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Get some crushed/powdered charcoal and clean soil

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Mix them up in a ratio of say 9:1 (9 parts charcoal &

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Mix thoroughly

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Add a little water and keep on mixing

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Transfer the mix into a bowl (mould) and put a few sticks/pens for making holes
(for aeration) in the briquette

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Sun dry for 2 days or until the briquette is

10. A chulha/stove

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Burn in a stove or chulha

12. To conclude..
 Size of the briquette depends upon the availability of raw
materials.
 The size of the briquette should be such that it fits into the
stove/chulha.
 Charcoal used here were the unburned pieces usually left in the
chulha.
 Briquettes making can be good tool for entrepreneurship with
minimum inputs.
 A finished briquette would fetch anything from Rs 10 to 15 a
piece in the market depending upon the demand.
Thank You!