[Stoves] Heat destroys Jatropha toxins Re: jatropha, stoves, and biochar.

[Richard Stanley]

Andrew, 
The wet slurry is compressed and simultaneously dewatered- to the point of removing free moisture, which is still well above ambient humidity. The resulting briquette takes another five days odd, in natural convection conditions, to dry to ambient humidity. It can be burned as such thereafter or made bone-dry by suspending it along the stove exteroir to assure; 1) instant ignition, and 2) smoke free emission of any desired aromatics according the resouces and the market preferences of the producer/fuel designer.

Good question though about the different chemical changes effected by the wet process using aerobic decomposition, vesus biogas technology's aerobic decomposition, eh ? 

We need fibers in tact, we do not need the typical odors of anerobic digestion but personally, I have not a clue about  the chemical changes involved: Am all ears.

Richard Stanley
www.legacyfound.org
NW Obamaland

On Jan 27, 2011, at 12:16 PM, ajheggie at gmail.com wrote:

> On Thursday 27 January 2011 05:31:53 Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
> David House>  (At the same time, it would not make sense to burn it
>> after digestion-- it would be too wet.)
> 
> While this is generally the case the briquettes Richard Stanley promotes 
> are dried from a wet slurry and then make fuel.
> 
> I'd be interested to know what difference in properties there were between 
> a digestate and the retted material Richard advocates.
> 
> AJH
> 
> 
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