[Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Les,

Yes, fireballs (John Tatom inovation). You can see how on my web page, below.

http://www.velocity.net/~jeff0124

It's kind of a diary. Have not been able to add the newspaper fireballs yet.


-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA




> Jeff,
>
> You refer to what came out as pulp and as juice and then you say "I like
> them".
>
> Did you make some sort of balls out of the pulp and if so how?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Davis" <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
> To: <bioconversion at listserv.repp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Bioconversion] Newspaper Fireball Update 1-4-06
>
>
>> 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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