[Stoves] Avocado Peel

[William Carr]

Another thought as to alternative fuels:  Avocado Peel.

I air-dried an avocado peel for one day and one small piece was  
already dry enough to burn.


I threw a piece about an inch square into my pellet stove and  
watched.   The oils in the peel burned all right.


The flare wasn't as bright as oil-soaked sawdust of course, but the  
point is, it did burn.   Pelletized, avocado peel might make a good  
biomass fuel.


The peel burned for thirty seconds before burning out.    Compare  
that to a similar piece of orange peel that flared up and went out in  
half the time.




Orange peel would make a good pellet, but the whole crop gets steam- 
rendered for it's d-Limeonene oil.



I couldn't find anything on Google to indicate anyone else has tried  
this.   Does anyone have any information?   Where are all the  
guacamole factories?






William Carr