Andrew makes a very good point: The more carbon you keep in the charcoal, the less is available for forming a combustible gas. Given that wood consists mainly of C, H and O, less carbon means more water vapour in the volatiles. However, since, according to Antal, the charcoal yield is high, the loss in combustibles in charring is low. If anyone thinks charcoal is a good fuel (I am not sure about the CO emissions), then he has himself a hell of a process. Piet At 23:12 7/01/02 +0000, you wrote: >On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:16:18 -0700, "Ron Larson" ><ronallarson@qwest.net> wrote: > >Sorry if this is out of sequence with my last posts, I inadvertently >replied to Ronal. Since then Tom has posted in another thread >something that makes me think I should revisit the large scale idd. > > >1. You said (after quoting me on Antal's new discovery): - Stoves List Archives and Website: http://www.crest.org/discussion/stoves/current/ http://www.ikweb.com/enuff/public_html/Stoves.html Stoves List Moderators: Ron Larson, ronallarson@qwest.net Alex English, english@adan.kingston.net Elsen L. Karstad, elk@wananchi.com www.chardust.com List-Post: <mailto:stoves@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:stoves-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:stoves-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:stoves-subscribe@crest.org> Sponsor the Stoves List: http://www.crest.org/discuss3.html - Other Biomass Stoves Events and Information: http://www.bioenergy2002.org http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/ http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/carbon.shtml For information about CHAMBERS STOVES http://www.ikweb.com/enuff/public_html/Chamber.htm
