[Bioconversion] [Stoves] pelletized waxed cardboard boxes

[Dick Gallien]

Hi Paul,
Late Spring I checked Menards, Fleet Farm and Wal-mart.  They all had fire
logs, but not the waxed cardboard, so called Hot Log and they said
Enviro-Log had them at Home Depot.  We bought their last box in May.

I mentioned on one list that when I'd put boxes in my Heatmor (outdoor wood
boiler) and the fire seemed dead, but with the draft inducer on, a little
smoke would appear and when the build up of gas ignited, there would be a
big bang, which would shake the furnace and blow the door open.  When boxes
were fed to an alive fire, this didn't happen.
Seems this could be a problem if the pellet stove doesn't burn steady.  Why
did Roger suggest they be mixed with wood pellets?  Seems even when mixed,
their potency could cause a bang.  Dick

> Dick,
>
> Good to hear from you again.  Because I have visited your facility, I can
> visualize what you write and also read between the lines a bit.
>
> I went to Home Depot in Normal, Illinois.  No Enviro-logs there, but maybe
for
> the winter season.
>
> Pressure and heat, for sure.  But how much cutting or sizing is done
before
> making the "logs" from WOCC?  I am hoping the logs (when I can purchase
them)
> will help tell the story.  With stoves, we have the heat.  But the
pressure is
> another story.
>
> I am thinking that some sheets (maybe 4 or 6?) of WOCC could be lined
> up, heated
> to make the wax soft, and then put through one or two wringers like on old
> washing machines to squeeze the sheets together (crushing the
> corrugation). When cool, the sheets would be 4 to 8 mm thick and could
> be cut and cross-cut
> into little tablets about 6 x 15 x 20 mm.  They would be similar to a
> wood chip
> in size.  Could be a great fuel.
>
> Paul
>
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