If I were trying to char bales of straw I would start with a kiln that tumbles, like an industrial dryer. If you tumbled the bales in a cage the straw would fall out to the bottom of the kiln as it chars. I charred a square bale (actually rectangular) of wheat straw in my barbecue cooker once. I replaced the bale strings with wire and the whole bale cooked to char and stayed together. It stunk up the place. Lanny
----- Original Message ----- From: YES SIR! To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:55 PM Subject: [Stoves] Biochar retort I am looking to build a GIANT retort. I have an unlimited supply of compressed wheat straw bales (approx. 500,000lbs per yr). They measure 4'x5'x3' and weigh about 400lbs each. I am wanting to build a retort large enough to hold anywhere from 1 to 10 of these bales, probably horizontally. My question is will these bales fully pyrolyze "as is" with perhaps a few inches of airflow on all sides and between bales inside the retort? Thank you, Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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://stoves.bioenergylists.org/
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