[Stoves] Kilning firewood - Wicked! Puffergas

[Jeff Davis]

> Interesting article,
> * however why is it so awful ?

What's awful?


> A) to weight the wood before carbonisation
> B) estimating the water content of the wood,
> C) to weight the charcoal received,
> D) calculating the efficiency.



> 2ndly I do not understand the table:
> Wood moisture 12% = 100% yield
> 20% = 76% yield
> 60% = 44% yield   etc.

It looks like the author is saying at 12% MC you get 100% of the possible
amount of charcoal from this retort, at 15% MC 93% of the charcoal. I
think the chart should end at 60% MC. One can not have wood at 100% MC so
maybe it is a type-o or I am missing something.


Jeff





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Jeff Davis

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