[Stoves] Kilning firewood - Wicked!

[Jeff Davis]

Dear All,

Yet another interesting article this time regarding charcoal production:
http://www.bioenergylists.org/en/node/1975


Regards,

Jeff



> Dear Andrew and All:
>
> We shouldn't be "kllning" the wood - we should be converting it to
> charcoal (for soil ammendment and sequestration of CO2) and energy (for
> brick making etc).
>
> Our woodgas stove typically converts 70% of  dry  wood energy to a clean
> combustible gas for cooking and leaves 30% as a high grade charcoal.
> With 30% moisture wood we get 5% charcoal and ~85% thermal energy in the
> gas (assuming that you don't condense the moisture, LHV vs HHV).
> The stove principles are scalable and the senior design class at CSM is
> making one 12" in diameter from steeldrumium.
>
> A commercial group is also "kilning" pine beetle wood here in Colorado
> in a $100,,000 kiln - wicked.
>
> TOM REED
>
>
> BEF
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-- 
Jeff Davis

Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA