[Stoves] Thermo Biopile

[AJH]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:37:23 -0400 (EDT), Jeff Davis wrote:

>Martin wrote:
>> About far more than 20 (??) years ago I read about big bio-piles which
>> where built in the south of France in order to recuperate heat.
>
>Sounds like Mr. Jean Pain.

A hotel in south west England did much the same using forestry
residues with a very long alkathene (plastic water pipe) pipe running
through. It must have been difficult to keep it aerated as our chip
heaps go anaerobic quite quickly.

AJH