[Stoves] don't burn the charcoal bury it

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Richard,


Thank you.

I don't recall who my briqueting friend is/was. Maybe the man with a
coal mine that was interested in using algae as a binder for coal
Fireballs (ball agglomerating).

I also use charcoal as a high grade fuel (petrol replacement).

Regards,


Jeff



On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 12:10 -0700, Richard Stanley wrote:
> Jeff,
> 
> Loong time since  my response to your last post apologies just get too
> wrapped up in doings here...I recall that you had mentioned a friend
> of yours there who ws getting into briqueting ... How is that going? 
> 
> On your post today re biochar, its a  very thoughtful piece. 
> Thanks for it. 
> I have sent it out to two emerging biochar briquetters out there as I
> am nto in favor if it myself but do not have the technical background
> to defend my position. I rather take a more utilitarian approach from
> the user perspective. 
> 
> On the biomass briquette side, it maks little snce to go to teh touble
> of making biochar...when we can use the 15 to 20% waste product that
> naturally acumilates on the sellers stall floor-- from their normal
> handling of the lump charcoal. Useing those fines (dust and crumbs) in
> a typical grass straw biomass briquette  will about double the sellers
> market reach, or conversely they can greatly reduce their charcoal
> supply, and still reach the same market...A typical grass and straw
> briquette which has been augmented by 15 - 20% charcoal dust cumbs
> (the briquette typically weighs 140 grams), will about greatly
> increase it heat output --in fact it typically provides the same heat
> ouput as 140 grams of lump charcoal.
> 
> And more important that anything the briquette begins to "look like
> charcoal" .
> 
> We hardly need to go to the cost and carbon footrpint and human energy
> expenditure of creating char for this purpose...
> 
> Richard Stanley
> 
>