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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-ZA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Our trick is to use cooking oil, preferably old cooking oil, in a cardboard egg cup. One egg cup filled 90% will start even wet wood – in the 25% to 30% category.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Henri Naths [mailto:c_hnaths@telusplanet.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> 05 January 2014 08:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Gasification] Fwd: RE: Whole log pyrolysis for char production was Re: W...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Another good trick is shredded cardboard and animal fats from cooking Easy start, raises the temp of firebox and refractory quickly, gets rid of excess cardboard, and fats, eliminates need of splitting feed stock better used for pyrolysis. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>H. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 2014-01-05, at 10:18 AM, Bob Stuart <<a href="mailto:bobstuart@sasktel.net">bobstuart@sasktel.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>My favorite trick for lighting a wood stove is to pile up chunks of split wood so that there is an empty vertical space in the middle 2-3 cm wide. Just a bit of kindling set off in there will get the two walls radiating at each other quickly, especially if they are extra dry from being near the stove on its previous burn. A chunk on top should moderate the airflow to increase combustion temperatures until it starts to burn through. This saves me a lot of time from making and fussing over kindling. A propane torch or a bit of wax or pitch are other labor-savers.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bob Stuart<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 5-Jan-14, at 10:50 AM, Henri Naths wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Hi Ken</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Thank you for your good analysis of your wood stove. I know there is a better design and I'm not sure if my stove is better or not.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Here is the thing. I burn spruce. My supply comes in 5 to 8 inch round logs dried<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>for ~3 years. Not sure mc but guess around 15%.-20 % I try to maintain a very hot temp so the entire logs gasify and burn over a 12 hr period. (Absolutely no fuel prep. splitting etc is mandatory lol ) It's very fickle in setting damper and air intake but for the most part I am successful. The refractory bricks helps a lot. So that is 2 burns over a 24 hr period. ( it's been averaging minus 20 c over the last two months here so not much choice)Ive run numerous test of my<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>theory for max efficiency under which this stove operates and settled on this operation because when the stove is shut down anywhere at the height of its max temperature and burn cycle and allowed to cool to 20 c it can be relight with a single match. <span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>The volatile gases including h2o could be better used for sure. They cool and condensate on the inside walls of the stove and flue before they frac. completely resulting in biochar.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>The problem being the gases should be reheated, frac.ed with a catalyst and burned where the heat would be a benefit to the logs for pyrolysis.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Thus enhancing the entire burn + 20%. ( +++<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>considering the exponential advantage of said catalysis and resulting heat)<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>A fluidized bed would also be an advantage.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>I hope this helps.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Yours truly<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Henri Naths</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Gasification mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:Gasification@bioenergylists.org">Gasification@bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more Gasifiers, News and Information see our web site:<br><a href="http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/">http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div>
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