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(Book) Recycling of Organic Waste
This fact sheet outlines the main methods of putting organic waste to good use.
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(Book) Fibreglass Wind-turbine Blade
A manual is designed to show the process of producing a wind turbine blade from fibre-glass
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(Book) Fruit Juice Processing
This brief looks at juice extraction, preparation, pasteurisation, bottling, quality control, and equipment suppliers.
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(Book) Pineapple Jam
A guide to making pineapple jam.
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(Book) Handbook on Community-Led Total Sanitation
This handbook focuses on igniting a change in sanitation behaviour rather than constructing toilets. It is an attempt to bring together experience, diversified practice and local innovations from different countries and many sources.
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(Book) Biomass as a Solid Fuel
Solid biomass is a source of energy from materials including wood, sawdust, and crop waste, which can be used directly or processed into briquettes and charcoal.
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(Book) Wind Pumping
This document examines the principles of wind energy conversion and looks at the types and characteristics of rotors, as well as the importance of matching rotor with pump.
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(Book) Quality Control in Food Processing
An essential component of any food processing business, quality control protects customers and business whilst ensuring food law compliance.
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(Book) The Donkey Cart
Dimensions for The Donkey Cart are provided in this engineering drawing.
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(Book) Banana Beer
Banana beer is made from bananas, mixed with a cereal flour (often sorghum flour) and fermented to make an alcoholic beverage.
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(Book) A Case Study In Lime Production
A case study in lime production, looking at traditional batch techniques in Chenkumbi, Malawi
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(Book) The Brick Mould
Drawing of a brick mould.
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(Book) Dry Stone Causeway
Causeways are a strong, low-cost means of river crossing.
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(Book) Oil Extraction
Small scale oil extraction from nuts, seeds and fruits, can be used for eating, cosmetics and detergents. It can be a good source of income, once the equipment is invested in up front.
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(Book) Manufacturing the Donkey Cart and Ambulance
This manual aims to give useful information to local fabricators and organizations that support them to help them make donkey carts and a donkey cart ambulance.
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(Book) Lime Production: 2
Lime has been used in the Malawian building industry for many generations, principally as the cementing agent in renders and to produce a decorative whitewash.
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(Book) Hydraulic Lime: An Introduction
Hydraulic lime was an important cementitious material before the arrival of Portland cement but it is little used now, except in conservation work.
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(Book) Energy from the Wind
Wind turbines can be used for large-scale energy delivery, but can also be highly effective as small-scale remote applications.
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(Book) Clay as a Binder
Clays are the main binders of earth and are made up of very small mineral particles leached out during the erosion of rock.
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(Book) Producer Gas for Power Generation
Producer gas is formed by the partial oxidation of a carbonaceous material, such as biomass or coal, in a furnace, generator, or 'producer' unit. This fact sheet outlines the method of doing this, and also other factors to consider like availability of resources and resulting pollutants.