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Sameer Maithel
Director’s Forum, Nam Dinh, Vietnam, August 2007
Vietnam Sustainable Brick Project
Presentation Outline
• Introducing VSBK.
• Why VSBK is the most energy-efficient
brick kiln ?
• Improvements in VSBK since its
introduction in Vietnam in 2001.
• Conclusions.
VSBK- Working Principle
VSBK- Operation
Unloading Bricks
2.5
1
60 kg/1000 brick
0.5
0
VSBK Tunnel kiln Traditional kiln
Why VSBK is More Efficient ?
1. Hot Flue Gases
2. Moisture in
Green Bricks
Main Heat Losses
in a Brick Kiln
Air Brick
3.Conduction
from Brick Wall
4. Hot Fired
Bricks
Why VSBK is More Efficient ?
1. Efficient heat transfer
Flue gases at between bricks and air
100 oC
Air Brick
Fired bricks
at 100 oC
Why VSBK is More Efficient ?
2. No kiln car
3. Kiln is well
insulated on all
the sides
Why VSBK is More Efficient ?
• 1996 (30,000
kilns)
• Popular in rural
areas
• No chimneys;
environment
performance
very poor.
VSBKs in China
VSBK Spread in Asia
Map of Asia
Russia
e
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Georgia Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Armenia North
Azerbaijan Korea
rkey Turkmenistan Tajikistan
South
Korea
Syria China Japan
Afghanistan
anon Iraq
Iran (30,000 kilns -1996)
Jordan
Kuwait Pakistan
Nepal
Bhutan
Qatar
UAE Bangladesh
Taiwan
India
Saudi Oman Myanmar Vietnam
Arabia (Burma)
80 kilns Laos
Macau
Yemen
Thailand
300 kilns
Philippines
Eritrea
(1996-2007) Cambodia
(2001-2007)
Djibouti
Spratly
Islands
Ethiopia Sri Pacific Islands
Scale Lanka (Palau)
250 0 250 500 750 Miles
Somalia Brunei
Improved VSBKs in Vietnam
2001 2007