Dear Drs Karve and Priyadarshina Good question! Good Questions are as important as good answers.Some of the mineral content is probably part of the lattice, and non removable. Other is left over from the CHARING process and will wash away.
Why not perform an experiment to see how much is "lattice mineral" and how much dissolves out (on boiling?) <><><> To really nail this question, it is important to define your starting charcoal. There are two very different types. "Cowboy charcoal" is made by heating wood to ~ 300 C, where self heating takes over and reaches 400-450C, depending on heat losses. Toplit Updraft (TLUD) charcoal is made by burning out the cellulose between 500 and 600 C. Much cleaner charcoal. Looking forward to your results, Tom Reed Thomas B Reed 280 Hardwick Rd Barre, Ma 01005 508-353-7841 > On Sep 19, 2014, at 8:54 PM, Anand Karve <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear List, > Would washing with water reduce the ash content of charcoal and > increase its calorific value? I undeerstand that it is done in the > case of mineral coal. > Yours > A.D.Karve > -- > *** > Dr. A.D. Karve > Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
