Dear Jeff and all Y 20-25% yields of charcoal in the WoodGas stove were weight %. Typical volume % is around 70-85%, since that is the shrinkage of each chip as becomes charcoal.
Good question, good answer, I hope. Tom Reed Thomas B Reed On Dec 25, 2012, at 11:05 PM, Jeff Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Tom, > > > Specifically is that weight, volume or Btu? > > > Stay warm, > > > > Jeff > > > > On Tue, 2012-12-25 at 22:45 -0500, Tom Reed wrote: >> I have measured the charcoal production rate for wood chips at various >> conversion rates and moisture contents. It can be as high as 25% with >> bone dry chips, but 20% is a safe number for 15% MC chips. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
