Organic Fuel Oven - Environment Friendly Impurity Refining Model

‘Organic Fuel Oven’, an environment friendly impurity refining unit has made it possible to refine the impurities in the same place where it originates. For the same reason this unit has become well known. The organic fuel oven has been developed with the aim of preserving energy along with impurity refining. This unit has been developed and designed by J.Rajendran, who has been working in this field for about thirty five years.

How It Works

Organic fuel oven can be constructed close to our house. An organic fuel oven is a combination of a hearth, furnace cylinder, water boiling tank, chimney and boxes for depositing impurities. There are three waste depositing boxes. They are made in such a way that it can be taken in and out of the furnace cylinder. One box is meant for depositing moist impurities, the second one for non moist impurities and the third one for plastic impurities. Impurities that are not moist can be directly taken into the fire inside the hearth through the furnace. Impurities that are moist are kept inside the furnace for some time so as to remove the moisture in it. Later it is put in fire. Plastic impurities are not directly put in the fire; instead they are allowed to melt within the furnace.

 

The plastic impurities are divided into two sections before refining in the fuel oven. The division is based upon thermo plastic impurities and thermo setting plastic impurities. Only thermo plastic impurities such as plastic covers and thin plastic sheets can be put in the fuel oven. When thermo plastics are fired a gas named ‘dioxin’ is formed. But the amount of this gas produced is 90% less when it is melted rather than directly burning. This knowledge inspired Rajendran in its development. House hold items like buckets, combs, mugs etc are made of thermo setting plastic. He says that the amount of dioxin formed by the melting of such plastic is 50% more.

 

Impurities in our houses can be used as fuel for the burning of hearth. The heat that comes into the furnace from the burning hearth can be used to boil the water inside the water boiling tank, which is joined to the furnace. Rajendran suggests that a number of hearths can be connected to the furnace which can be used for cooking purposes. He even says that impurity refining systems that can decrease environmental problems are to be designed. According to his opinion not only impurity refining plants are needed, but also an impurity refining culture has to be created within the minds of people.

Modern Agriculture and Health Impacts

Modern and industrial agriculture, which replaces the traditional one, consumes huge quantities of fuel, right from growing the crops until the time of delivering the food to the consumers located miles away. In addition, modern agriculture makes use of high nitrogen contained manures, fertilizers resulting in an increase of nitrous oxide to the atmosphere.

This increases the green house gas composition in the atmosphere, further enhancing the global warming and ultimately global climate change. The rain fed rice farms emit less methane than the nitrogen rich fertilized rice farms. The cattle we raise are nowadays fed on rich protein diet, which emits more methane than the grass fed ones.

The Living Dead of Kasaragod

The pests over the time have got genetically adapted to the pesticides, so the only solution is to use more expensive and highly poisonous modern pesticides like Endosulfan, which has been banned in many countries. Prolonged usage of strong pesticides has affected human health, causing paralysis, physical deformities, cancers and even central nervous system disorders. Reports of the usage of killer Endosulfan in Kasaragod district of Kerala and its effects on the health of the villagers bear testimony to the fact that man kills not only humankind but also the entire eco-system just for some monetary gains.

The solution to this problem is by cultivating and encouraging the consumption of organic foods. Organic crops are grown without the addition of harmful pesticides, fertilizers, sewage sludge and human wastes. Encouraging the consumption of organic crops could reduce green house gas emissions to a considerable level, there by improving global health.