[Stoves] Orange Peels

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Tom

 

They have a really high oil content - highly flammable. You can demonstrate
this be taking a piece of orange peel and gently bending it into a 'U'
backwards, that is with the white pith on the outside. Aim it at a candle.
Squeeze the U closed so that the oil shoots out of the little round
reservoirs on the orange, outside surface. The oil will ignite in the flame.

 

They hold a lot of water. They are likely to gasify at a low average
temperature because of the volatility of the oils.

 

Regards

Crispin

 

 

From: stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org
[mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Tom Miles
Sent: 23 June 2011 12:47
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Subject: [Stoves] Orange Peels

 

I've had an inquiry from Southern Africa about orange peels. Does anyone
have experience carbonizing or gasifying orange peels? 

 

Do the burn in a TLUD? 

 

Do they make gas in an ARTI style compact digester?

 

Can you char them? ( If you can char an apple or a pizza I guess you can
char an orange.) 


Tom Miles

 

 

 

 

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