Biomass carbonisation in retort kilns: Process techniques, product ...
The general statistics of the BC making process in intertropical Africa is summarised in Table 4. Traditional charcoal making in Africa has an emission factor of 641 g CO 2 /kg BC and this is however lower than 1370 g CO 2 /kg BC for savannah fires, and 957 g CO 2 /kg BC for forest fires and firewood burning respectively (Adam, 2009). Though ...