[Bioconversion] News Paper Fireballs

[Jeff Davis]

Dear List,


Could Tom be alluding to a hybrid process? Somewhere between the fireball
and the mechanical press. One where the brute force of the press is
removed and the sticking together is done by the binder. But the press
helps things along.


-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA



Tom wrote:
> I went through these steps on a small scale to produce paper/trash
> pellets for a DOE contract last year.  I put newspaper down my wife's
> disposal (when she was out) and collected the pulp.  I could hand
> squeeze it to a density of about 0.4 g/ml, about like softwoods -
> adequate for many combustion situations.
>
> I believe that a compression screw could increase the density to about
> 0.6 g/ml with further dewatering.
>
> Paper is inherently dense - and sinks in water, so density > 1.0.  It
> has already been densified to this level in the paper making process.
> It can incorporate reasonable amounts of other fuel/waste in its fibers
> (including charcoal dust?).
>
> Could you recommend a simple compression/dewatering screw?
>
> TOM REED     BEF RHF