1. Production

2. Uses

3. Health hazards

4. Popular culture

5. References

6. External links

Bamboo charcoal has a long Chinese history, with documents dating as early as 1486 during the Ming dynasty in Chuzhou Fu Zhi.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} There is also mention of it during the Qing dynasty, during the reigns of emperors Kangxi, Qianlong, and Guangxu.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}}

Production

Bamboo charcoal is made of bamboo by means of a pyrolysis process. According to the types of raw material, bamboo charcoal can be classified as raw bamboo charcoal and bamboo briquette charcoal. Raw bamboo charcoal is made of bamboo plant parts such as culms, branches, and roots. Bamboo briquette charcoal is made of bamboo residue, for example, bamboo dust, saw powder etc., by compressing the residue into sticks of a certain shape and carbonizing the sticks. There are two equipment processes used in carbonization, one is a brick kiln process, and the other is a mechanical process.

Uses

In China and Japan, many people use bamboo charcoal as cooking fuel, as well as to dry tea.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Most bamboo charcoal for fuel is bamboo briquette charcoal, and the rest is raw bamboo charcoal.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Like all charcoal, bamboo charcoal purifies water and eliminates organic impurities and smells.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} It is possible to treat chlorine-sterilized drinking water with bamboo charcoal to remove residual chlorine and chlorides.{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} Because he and his team discovered the longevity of its use, Thomas Edison featured a carbonized bamboo filament in one of his original designs for the light bulb.^[2]

Bamboo vinegar (called pyroligneous acid) is extracted during production, and is useful for hundreds of treatments in most fields. It contains about 400 chemical compounds and has many applications, including in cosmetics, insecticides, deodorants, food processing, and agriculture.

Some studies claim adding bamboo charcoal or bamboo vinegar to the diets of fish or poultry may increase their growth rates.^[3][4]

Health hazards

As the World Health Organization shows, as with any charcoal, long exposure to bamboo charcoal dust can cause mild coughing. Some people have claimed it has positive effects as well but research has proven otherwise.^[5]

Popular culture

References

External links

• [https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/14466547/manual-for-bamboo-charcoal-production-and-utilization Manual of Bamboo Charcoal Production and Utilization] by Guan Mingjie of the Bamboo Engineering Research Center (BERC)
• Bamboo Charcoal – Information and How-to guide on making bamboo charcoal

• Vermont Square Branch
• Vermont Square, Los Angeles, California
• Vermont State Board of Education
• Vermont State Colleges Council of Presidents
• Vermont State Constitution
• Vermont State Fair
• Vermont State Fairgrounds
• Vermont State Highway 23
• Vermont State Highway 25A
• Vermont State Highway 25B
• Vermont State Highway 35
• Vermont State Highway 36
• Vermont State Highway 53
• Vermont State Highway 8A
• Vermont State Highway Department
• Vermont State Highway F-5
• Vermont State Historic Sites
• Vermont state park
• Vermont State Route 9
• Vermont station
• Vermont/Sunset (LACMTA station)
• Vermont Sustainable Heating Initiative
• Vermont Treatment Program for Sexual Abusers
• Vermont, US
• Vermont (US band)