[Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Les and List,


Yes, I put a bucket underneath it to catch the "slop". I purchased a
disposal and sink to give it a try. Not something you would want for
production but it makes a fair laboratory device. Now I am soaking a 55
gallon drum of paper. It may work better with pre-soaked peper. I think
one could just break up the soaked NEWSPAPER with a stick and by hand.
Maybe some kind of hand drill attachment.

It came out like a bad case of diarrhea. I mean a bad case! Even splashed
up on to the disposal some (stuck well when dry!).

Size range: This is not easy to say. Kind of like orange juice with the
pulp. Maybe pond scum. It was very reduced.

I like them. Could make good racing fuel, high output.


-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA





Les wrote:
> Jeff:
>
> What did you do put a bucket underneath it to catch what came out?
>
> What was the size range of what came out?
>
> Les
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Davis" <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
> To: <bioconversion at listserv.repp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06
>
>
>> 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
>>
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