Dear Gerrie Before dumping a lot of hot charcoal into water I think it would be good to read through the discussion held on this group a few years ago with Yuri (search for 'Yuri" on the stoves website) because it can explode under certain circumstances.
He reads these group messages via a translating programme (into Russian). I am not very familiar with the topic so if he does not respond to this please look over the old conversation which was wide ranging. Water poured onto a large pile of hot charcoal can manufacture hydrogen and the pile can explode. It is not common, but not unknown. It may be that it does not create a danger if the water greatly exceeds the charcoal mass. Regards Crispin +++++++ Thanks for your input. The boiler supplies a closed loop radiant floor Kytec pipe heat distribution system filled with food grade glychol. A conveyor lifts wood waste into a hopper and three multistage augers transfer the biomass chips into the furnace where the fuel is concentrated and fans blow in air and the fire reaches high temperatures heating the steel plates and water circulating pipes. It is inside the boiler chamber (second stage of the furnace) that large logs are converted to biochar when the air is shut off. I had not thought about dunking it and given this set up currently this would be hot and difficult. I am transitioning this property with the business to a multistakeholder cooperative and I am looking for members. G Regards, Gerrie Baker, aka The Worm Lady _______________________________________________ Stoves 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/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: http://www.bioenergylists.org/
