[Stoves] Traditonal Charcola Making Process / retort

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Crispin,

Would it be possible to use a producer gas oven. This way one could skip
the electric generator stuff.


Best Regards,

Jeff




> My ultimate vision of charcoal making is to make a huge gasifier into
> which
> I will put all sorts of waste biomass.  The gas will be used to fire ovens
> in which I will make high efficiency all-ceramic charcoal stoves.
>
> The charcoal powder will then be made into fuel for the stove.  In this
> way
> the wasted heat (or heat potential) of the original biomass can be used to
> reduce fuel consumption.
>
> Today's quiz:
> An MCS requires about 3.5 KW of electricity so it will need about 7 KW of
> gas heat to produce it.
>
> How much biomass (in KG) at 15% moisture content is required to fire 1
> stove?


-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA