Fwd: Re: Charcoal

[Peter Verhaart <verhaarp@janus.cqu.edu.au>]

I was wondering why the message below had not appeared in the Stoves
List. It appears I only sent it to John Flottvik.
Piet


> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:35:06
> +1000
> To: "John Flottvik" <jovick@island.net>
> From: Peter Verhaart <verhaarp@janus.cqu.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: Charcoal
>
> Conversely, why, instead of going through all that trouble to turn
> sawdust into charcoal briquettes, why not make it into sawdust
> briquettes.
> Having briquettes means having fuel in standard shape, size and
> mass.
> Look what people have done with lumps of fuel of standard size and mass.
> There is the Pyromid stove and the much maligned Weber Kettle BBQ. 
> But they work, they  do exactly what the manual tells you they do.
> Why? Because someone has painstakingly done test after test to arrive at
> numbers, patterns and times to ensure the desired behaviour (don't hit
> him, it's English).
> The same thing can be done for wood. If you detest the downdraft mode,
> then you could follow the Pyromid strategy. With wood briquettes laid out
> in a certain pattern and with provisions for a supply  of air at the
> right spots, I am sure a burner with many small smokeless flames can be
> realised.
> And it uses all of the combustion value of the wood.
>
> Happy New Year and a happy new Millennium to all stovers.
>
> Piet Verhaart
>
>
>
> At 07:47 9/01/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > January
> > 9, 2001
> >  
> > Dear Stoves
> >  
> > Hope every one had a good holiday
> >  
> > This is probably a stupid question, but, if you
> > are going so far as to make torrified wood, why not go the one extra
> > step and make charcoal? By going the exta mile,
> > you are able to collect all the oil from the wood, and sell, at a good
> > price, I might add. 
> >  
> > Regards  John
> > Flottvik