[Stoves] Traditonal Charcola Making Process / retort

[crispinpigott at gmail.com]

Again, I do not need a kiln with a 3.5 kw rating, I need a total of 3.5 KWH of heat to fire a stove.

The kiln power will depend on how many stoves are in it.

Thanks
Crispin
  
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Tom Miles" <tmiles at trmiles.com>

Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:04:24 
To:"'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'" <stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Traditonal Charcola Making Process / retort


Jeff,

I'm willing to bet that you come up with the same result: 5 kg/hr fuel ->7kW
gas + 25 kW char. 

So, what yields have you had with the gas-of-fire: kg fuel in ->kg char out
+ (gas temp x specific heat x gas flow)?

What heat rating would you give your gas-of-fire in fuel consumed or heat
out?

If you built a homemade kiln (like the ones Manny Hernandez has shown us at
ETHOS) could you maintain the temperatures Crispin needs?

Paul can bring a TLUD designed for kiln firing to Stoves camp in July. :-) 

Tom 

See Manny Hernandez' presentations to ETHOS 2006, 2007
http://www.bioenergylists.org/en/hernandezkilnethos 


> I have had some luck with gasifying paper fireballs and making
> charcoal:
> http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/?q=davisgas-of-fire


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