[Stoves] Crispin´s kiln-was Re: Traditional Charcoal Making

[Peter Singfield]

At 01:22 PM 7/7/2007 -0300, you wrote:
>Dear Peter
>
>What would you feel is the best way to go?
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Kevin

A small prototype would be the next step.

A Crispin stove -- a small kiln -- Jeff has already presented the home made
plasma torch rout using standard tungsten TIG electrodes.

The stove produces heat -- probably enough for the first stages -- the
charcoal can be used for producing gas -- the gas fed to the plasma arc --
for extra heat value addition.

Even a small arc should greatly increase flame temps --

One could further experiment with the much less power hungry plasma arc --
the high voltage device.

hydrogen_fridman_Cold Plasma.pdf

http://gcep.stanford.edu/pdfs/energy_workshops_04_04/hydrogen_fridman.pdf

Remember -- it is more about boosting temps rather than supply thermal
calories --

The calories would be coming from stove and charcoal burner -- the boost in
temperature from the arc device.

Just boosting the heat from the stove using arc might be enough -- and
still have charcoal/char left over as by-product -- to pay for the
electrical power consumed??

Anyway -- making this work at a small prototype level should be interesting
-- satisfying -- and quite probably -- profitable.

I am sure any small electric welder would work for producing that arc --
hot plasma -- and any neon light transformer for cold plasma.

Peter/Belize