[Stoves] Avocado Peel

[Keith Addison]

FYI:

US gal of oil per acre (approx.):
soybean 48
pumpkin seed 57
rapeseed (canola) 127
avocado 282

(For litres per hectare multiply by 9.35.)

Best

Keith


>Another thought as to alternative fuels:  Avocado Peel.
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>I air-dried an avocado peel for one day and one small piece was
>already dry enough to burn.
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>I threw a piece about an inch square into my pellet stove and
>watched.   The oils in the peel burned all right.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Orange peel would make a good pellet, but the whole crop gets steam-
>rendered for it's d-Limeonene oil.
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>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?
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>William Carr