Investigations & Research
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Dry toilet: new development |
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 Peter Arndt, the "inventor" of the dry toilet, developed a new type of toilet bowl that can separate the liquids from the solids. In laboratory tests, the bowl can separate up to the 75% fo the liquids that are aimed to the walls.
This new bowl design, plus the already known eficiency of the dry toilet, allows the liquids to get dried and compacted faster.
In this second version of the dry toilet, the design has been simplified in a way that could be possible to remove the plastic tanks in the bottom of the pit, and maintenance will be reduced to a minimum.
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Peruvian company visits the Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln in Ecuador |
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 From Peru, Ramon Barua Costa, general manager of Fosfatos del Pacífico, Cesar Arias, project engineer and Luis Garcia Baux, comercial manager of Distribuidora Norte Pacasmayo, visited the Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln (VSBK) in Chambo, Ecuador.
The Peruvian company Cementos Pacasmayo (web site) and its subsidiary Fosfatos del Pacífico have made a project about a brick factory in Piura, northern Peru, to promote the sustainable economic development and to facilitate the access to market opportunities and promoting the local understanding as a way to grow and to realize productive projects that benefits the communities.
The peruvian visitors were gladly impressed by the efficiency and productivity of the Kiln, as well as by the construction method and the organization of the artisanal brick producers around.
EcoSur will provide in a near future technical assistance and training for the construction of one Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln in the area of Piura.
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Investigaciones |
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Ecosur apoya la investigación académica, que muchas veces involucra estudios de post-grado. Se han llevado a cabo investigaciones respecto a la sostenibilidad de la TMC así como a la cantidad de energía que se utiliza en los materiales de construcción.
Por ejemplo, un equipo internacional ad hoc de científicos Europeos y Canadienses, con la coordinación del socio cubano de ECOSur, CIDEM (Universidad de Santa Clara) actualmente realiza investigaciones acerca del uso de desperdicios orgánicos como materia prima para cemento alternativo |
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