Kon-Tiki: Biochar making in open burn deep cone kiln

The cheapest biochar kiln to be built for $300 to $500 in every village of the world. The most important step to biochar ubiquity.

700 l of biochar in 5 hours
no smell, no taste, no oily touch
no chipping, no cutting of wood or other biomass
drying and pyrolysing at once
perfect for biomass blending
make biochar as the ancients did
Thanks to the cone form, continual vortex streaming develop and guaranty very clean burn with low smoke emissions

Kon-Tiki I
volume: 850 l
Production capacity: 700 l biochar in 4 to 5 hours
yield: 25 to 30% (DM)

The Kon-Tiki Crew
skipper: Hans-Peter Schmidt
navigator: Paul Taylor
1st mechanic: Markus Koller
inspired by Kelpie Wilson, Michael Wittmann, Kamal Rashid, Moki & Albert Bates

more information about our biochar projects:
www.ithaka-institut.org
www.ithaka-journal.net

and have also a look to Kelpie Wilson site on backyard biochar:
http://www.backyardbiochar.net