Dear Paul
Do you know what the heat content of the char is? Does someone near you have a bomb calorimeter? Thanks Crispin +++++++++ Frank, Getting an accurate dry weight of biochar is indispensable in being able to sell it. If we douse the biochar with water, then we no longer have an accurate measurement of dry weight. Also biochar right out of the gasifier contains valuable heat that could be used in keeping food warm. Therefore I designed a terracotta vase to contain the hot biochar. A pot placed on top of the vase prevents oxygen from entering. The vase shown in the drawing below can hold six liters of biochar. This is the volume of rice hull biochar produced in my 150 gasifier. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22013094/150%20Gasifier/Terrecotta%20Vase/Drawing/T erracotta%20Vase.pdf Thanks. Paul Olivier
_______________________________________________ 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/
