[Stoves] Bark and its uses

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Philip

Well done! Take it while it lasts.

Usuthu Pulp in Swaziland burns 70 tons of bark a day just to get rid of it
(from the barking mill at the plant).

I have only tried burning bark now and then but not seriously. Not a great
fuel and probably needs to be mixed with something that burns it better.
Maybe in a hotter fire? Given the large quantity of forest litter available
in that country perhaps it makes a reasonable project for the near future.

Regards
Crispin

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-----Original Message-----

One of our paper companies had a problem with a large dump of pine bark,
which was decaying slowly and anaerobically and giving off lots of methane.
It adapted its boilers to use the bark as fuel, displacing previously used
coal, and was able to claim a double whammy carbon credit - for the methane
stopped and coal not burned - which made the project have a 9 month payback.

Philip Lloyd
54 Alma Road
Rosebank, Cape Town
7700
Tel 021 686 9141
Cell 083 441 5247
plloyd at mweb.co.za
Skype philiplloyd3609
 
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