[Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06

[Thomas Reed]

Dear Jeff and All:

Densification, briquetting, pelletizing is the backbone of biomass 
energy success, so I hope this thread continues.

Trash and paper is easily decomposed with a disposal.  HOWEVER, the 
plastics in trash will wrap around the blades and jam it. 

The disposal operates with a spray of water, but not under water.  I 
believe that if one could fill the disposal blades with water above the 
blades that the water would permit modest plastic size reduction (as in 
a cuisinart). 

I hope someone tries this...

TOM REED   


Jeff Davis wrote:

>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.
>
>
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