[Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06

[Les Blevins]

Jeff,

What method did you use to form the pulp into balls?

Les Blevins


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Davis" <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 10:20 PM
Subject: [Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06


> Dear List,
>
> The newspaper fireball turned out better than I thought it would. I made
> no attempt to remove the water from the pulp (for lack of a better word).
> But the fireballs still formed. They looked way too wet to ever turn out
> OK. After they dried out the fireballs became vary hardy. They really
> stick together! Not to each other, that is. When dropped from 6 feet, onto
> a cement floor, they sound like a golf ball or something like that.
>
> There was lots of water in the pulp hence they are on the corky side and
> took a long time to dry. The newspaper fireball has noticeably less weight
> than the char fireball. The next experiment will involve removing some of
> the water from the pulp before turning into fireballs.
>
> I bet that some char dust added would help to increase the density.
>
> I'll have to post some pictures of one burning.
>
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> -- 
> Jeff Davis
>
> Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
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