Sundry them and use them right away, make a test at home and enjoy the vitamin C! Rolf
Am Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2011 19:33:33 schrieb Tom Miles: > Rolf, > > The request is for making use of peels as fuel or biochar after juicing > them in small scale rural production. > > It sounds like drying/torrefying might make a useful but friable fuel. > > Thanks > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rolf > Uhle > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:20 AM > To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification > Subject: Re: [Gasification] Orange Peels > > Tom, > > I never gasified o. peels but yes I have torrified /charred them many times > and used them as kindling. > They turn black on a hot surface,are easily broken once dry and they burn > like > hell! > I atribute this to the high content in atheric oils which they don' t loose > entirely during the torrefaction (blackening) process. > > Ask your customers if they extract those oils for solvents or if the leave > them untouched. > I guess it makes a difference > > Rolf > > Am Donnerstag, 23. Juni 2011 18:47:24 schrieb Tom Miles: > > I've had an inquiry from Southern Africa about orange peels. Does anyone > > have experience carbonizing or gasifying orange peels? > > > > > > > > Do the burn in a TLUD? > > > > > > > > Do they make gas in an ARTI style compact digester? > > > > > > > > Can you char them? ( If you can char an apple or a pizza I guess you can > > char an orange.) > > > > > > Tom Miles > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioener > g ylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gasification mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioener > gylists.org > > for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: > http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/ > _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list to Send a Message to the list, use the email address [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site: http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/
