Charcoal / Biochar Water Treatment Systems
Video Resources
Aqueous Solutions: a short introduction ::: What Aqueous is all about, in 7 minutes and 40 seconds.
Aqueous Solutions – Biochar Workshop Thailand by Darcy Muenchrath.
Biochar adsorbent for control of synthetic organic contaminants in affordable decentralized water treatment ::: Webinar hosted by the Centre for Affordable Water & Sanitation Technologies (CAWST)
Self-Reliant Water Treatment in 5 minutes and 12 seconds (Thai language, English subtitles) ::: A humorous short video with narration and animation describing the water treatment system at Pun Pun Center for Self-Reliance (northern Thailand).
Making gasifier biochar for decentralized water treatment ::: An English language video explaining the theory of biomass gasification and step-by-step instructions for fabricating and operating a 200 L (55-gal) drum gasifier.
Gasifier charcoal (biochar) oven (Thai language) ::: Theory and practical instructions for making gasifier char, by Jon Jandai of Pun Pun Farm (Thailand).
Making Gasifier Char with Jon Jandai ::: An artistic, short and funny rendition, in Thai language with English subtitles.
Downloadable Handbooks
2000 Liter per day (“PunPun”) Water Treatment System Graphical Manual (high res pdf, 18 MB) ::: This handbook is formatted for “borderess” printing on A4 paper for easy and inexpensive binding (Low res pdf, MB)
::: 2000 L/d Treatment System Manual Burmese Language
::: 2000 L/d Treatment System Manual Thai Language
300 Liter per day (“blue barrel”) Water Treatment System Graphical Manual (high res pdf, 30 MB) ::: This handbook is formatted for “borderless” printing on A4 paper for easy and inexpensive binding. (Low res pdf, 1.6 MB)
::: 300 L/d Treatment System Manual Burmese Language
::: 300 L/d Treatment System Manual Thai Language
::: 300 L/d Treatment System Manual Sinhala Language
::: 300 L/d Treatment System Manual Lao Language
::: 300 L/d Treatment System Manual Spanish Language
E-Z Adsorption Char Drum Oven ::: A mostly graphical (minimal text) handbook for constructing a drum pyrolyzer using inexpensive and commonly available materials, and using only simple hand tools – no need for electricity.