- What are Bio-Briquttes ?
Bio Briquettes are compressed charcoal in form of honeycombs. Bio briquettes are currently one of the most effective alternative fuel sources and an excellent alternative fuel to replace kerosene or cooking gas.
- How long does it takes to ignite Bio-Briquette ?
Bio- Briquettes ignite within a minute. The easiest way to ignite them is, by heating them on a high gas fire for just one minute. Then, transfer them to a Briquette stove and in a few minutes, they will be converted totally into fire.
Although we do not recommend you to ignite it, if your requirement is less than 100 minutes. However we are getting feedbacks from our clients that it can be doused and re-use again. Some people are pouring water in between its holes to douse it and successfully reusing it too. No complaint has been made as yet for low performances of re-used pieces.
- Can I use this on my existing barbeque set ?
If your set has holes/net in the middle part of the set, where we keep briquettes and charcoal, then it is perfect for Bio-briquettes. if your set do not have holes/net even then you can use bio-briquettes for barbeque. Use small stones to highten the Bio-briquettes so that the air ealily passes benith the bio-briquettes and then it keeps burning.
- Is there another way to ignite Bio-Briquette besides igniting it on Gas Fire ?
Of course ! Gas and electric heater are the fastest and easiest methods. It can be ignited like normal fire for out door use. For bonfire, when you have to ignite 5-6 piece to 12- 15 at a time wood chips or small dry branches of tree will ease the work. once the small fire is ready keep the pieces on top of those fire. Make sure that there are enough air passing gap bellow and in-between Bio-briquettes.
- How many Bio-briquettes are needed to warm my room ?
Well, it depends on how big your room is and also where you keep the fire. Some times one piece works wonder if you pull it so close to you. May be so many if you choose a corner of your room to keep fire.
- How many cartoons are required for a party ?
Well, this to depends on how many people are attending the party and how big is the garden and at the same time how cold the weather is meaning it is rainy cold or normal cold. About 4 cartoons for a small party and garden is enough for 500 - 600 people. One cartoon consist of 16-18 piece. We recommend you to go for small fire -5-6 piece at a time - in many places. However some people think big fire - 12-15 piece at a time - in few places is the best way to bit the cold winter.
Fire bowl, is small yet very multi-purposely usable briquette stove which looks more like an art piece than a stove. Ceramic and terracotta stoves are available in all leading departmental stores.
- boil 7 liter water
- make a dinner for three persons (Lentil, curry and rice)
- Dry-fry 1.5 kgs of Peanuts
- barbeque more than 15 piece of corn-cub
- Cook enough MoMos for 10-12 persons
- Newary meat specialty Thal-Thale (Jelly meat). For this you have to finish all your work on gas and then leave it for two hours on Bio-briquettes.
Remember that stove can be modify as per your need ( it could be two piece Briquettes stove or three and so on ).
- One piece of briquette can send you in sound and uninterrupted sleep during winter seasons.
- If you have back pain which occurs mostly in winter season one Bio-Briquette heat works like a pain-killer.
Unlike other briquettes, Bio-briquettes can be stored for months, best on cool and dry place.
Bio-Briquette VS Kerosene and other fuels
Bio-Briquettes
- Better for the environment: Bio-briquette is renewable energy
- Bio-Briquettes make perfect balance on eco solution
- Faster to ignite takes only one minute
- Smokeless, silent, odour-free.
- Very little residue: leaves only a very light smoky white water soluble stain on disheso need to watch over them while boiling water or hearing room
Kerosene and other fuels
- Bad for the environment: fossil fuel based energy
- Kerosene/Gas/Wood do not make perfect balance on eco solution
- Much longer to ignite : Kerosene stove takes 4 minutes
- Kerosene is smoky, noisy creates odour in home
- Kerosene Leaves behind stains: stains difficult to rub off
- Kerosene, Gas & electric stove requires perople to be around or watch over when boiling water or heating room : cannot leave the stove or fall asleep
Other informations One piece of bio-briquette burns a little more than two hour, if used for cooking and boiling water and burns one and a half hour if used for room heating and baby massage.
Bio-Briquettes make boiling drinking water task a lot easier because, if your accidentally forget about it, it will "switches off" automatically, thereby avoiding wasting of energy or incurring additional costs.
The regular use of Bio-Briquettes to boil drinking water can help maintain a ‘constant’ cost of cooking gas as it can be used, to some extent, as a gas substitute.
Utilizing last half an hour heat during summer:
- Warm water or make tea
- Keep half liter milk to boil or keep already boiled milk to thicken
- Cook rice or black lentil on slow heat
- Give a baby massage
- Keep a karai on top of stove and after some time fill the karai with bitten rice and stir frequently to make it crispier.
- Make Roti
- Warm food and anything that requires slow heat for cooking
- Ignite another briquette
Why should I use Bio-Briquettes when Gas is so convenient for cooking ?
- There are certain foods which you never cook in Gas like Barbequing meat or corn-cub, boiling water etc.
- if you would like to change a cooking spot for a day, moving of gas stove with cylinder is a heavy and tiresome task but with Bio-briquette having a blast even in your rooftop or in terrace seems quite fun-filled, easy and convenient.
- If you are a food lover then you know fast food and cooking does not tingle your taste bud, so you need Bio- briquette for special occasions.
- When you go to picnic, Bio-briquettes will be the easiest to carry, manage and have fun at the same time.
You will be contributing to local resources consumption and consume less of imported products. - Bio-briquettes and its stove will be your helping hand in kitchen as its stove is so small, yet so powerful for cooking.
Tips to save energy
- always use flat or round bottomed pans for cooking
- always keep dry pans on stove
- always soak rice or lentil before cooking it ( min.15-20 minutes for lentils and 10 - 15 minutes rice ) This way you can save about 10 minutes of energy every time you cook meal.
- use flat lid when you boil water so that, you can use top of the hot lid for warming food or water.
- if you boil water an hour earlier before you prepare your dinner then you can utilize the hot lid for many purposes like soaking rice or lentil, then you have to soak it for less minutes.
- keep beans to soak properly on top of hot lid this works especially during winter seasons.
Precautions to be taken while burning Bio-Briquettes:
- Do not pour kerosene on the briquettes to ignite them for indoor use as the kerosene will burn and emit smoke with terrible odor. The briquette itself will not ignite then. Do not turn briquette upside down, it will only increase the ignition time.
- For best performance use only briquette stoves to burn Bio-Briquettes.
- Do not ignite a briquette if your requirement is less than 110 minutes.
- To avoid charred your hands use one foot long iron rod or bamboo stick.
- Let air pass in your room and kitchen.
- Moving of stove is recommended only during first few minutes.
- Use granite/marble slabs to protect your carpet/flooring.
- After washing, let stove dry under direct sun for a few hours.
- If by accident some liquid gets spill on the Bio Briquettes let the briquette dry under direct sun before reusing.
Benifits of Bio-briquettes ash
Can help make quality clay for your flowers which can be created by mixing briquette ashes with clay.
Works wonder like insecticide on vegetables gardens.
- Keeps flies away and eliminates odor when spread over kitchen waste
Bio-Briquettes and Briquette stoves are available in all leading departmental stores. Next time when you go for shopping, ask for Bio-Briquettes by its name.
Products available at ( Kathmandu valley & Pokhara - Nepal ): Bhatbhateni Supermarket – Bhatbhateni, Bhatbhateni Superstore - Maharajgunj, Big C’s Shopping Center – Gaushala, Bluebird Department Store - Tirpureshwor & Lazimpat, Big Bazar – New Baneshwor, Fabulous Supermarket – Tripureshwor UWTC building, Friendly Shopping Centre, New Baneshwor, Gemini Supermarket- Boudha & Jawalakhel, Grihini Department Store – Baluwater, Home Grocer - Manbhawan, Kastamandap Bazaar – Kamaladi & Bouddha, Kumari Convinience centre – Kupondole, Lawson - Gairidhara, Namaste Supermarket – Pulchowk & Maharajgunj, Nava Durga Department Store – New Baneshwor, New Baneshwor Department Store- New Baneshwor, New Manandhar Store, Sanepa, Rajan Cold Store – Thapathali, S. K. Store - Thapathali, Sajilo Department Store – Old Baneshwor, Saleways Department Store-Jawalakhel & Pokhara, Suryodaya Shopping Centre – Shantinagar, Shuvam Convinience Store - Manarajgunj, Uttam Provision House - Sanepa
For Bulk reuirement of Bio-briquette place the order on Biofuelsuppliers@gmail.com or call on 9841 283621