[Gasification] Biochar

[Thomas Reed]

Dear Ray and all

An alternate approach to needing a grinder is to limit the diameter of the feedstock to 1/2 or 3/4".

Thomas B Reed 


On Mar 27, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Ray Menke <ray.menke at gmail.com> wrote:

> I built a copy of this charcoal processor, but welded the 3" cylinder
> to a bicycle sprocket and use the crank to grind up the charcoal.
> (Dust mask required!)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37-h41iT68M
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Big Daddy <bigdaddy at offgridpro.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Tom,
> 
>> I purchased a large meat grinder from a gentleman off Craigslist. He was
>> using it to make chum for his fishing trips by grinding up mackerel. If my
>> biochar chunks are 1” or smaller, it works perfectly, with very little
>> effort. The end result is:
> 
>> ·         30% powder
>> 
>> ·         30% sand grain sizes
>> 
>> ·         40% ~1 centimeter chunks
> 
>> I stole – er, borrowed – this idea from a YouTube video. My grinder is a
>> little bigger than this, and I haven’t hooked up a motor yet… Someday.
> 
>> Here is the video:
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q14T1IP7So
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -BigDaddy
> 
> 
> --
> Ray  Menke
> 
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