[Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Les and List,

I wetted the newspaper and ran it through a garbage disposal.

-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA



> Jeff,
>
> What method did you use to form the pulp into balls?
>
> Les Blevins
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Davis" <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
> To: <bioconversion at listserv.repp.org>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeff Davis
>>
>> Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA