[Stoves] something I forgot

Energies Naturals C.B. energiesnaturals at gmx.de
Sat Jul 20 07:19:53 CDT 2013


The pellet cutter rotates with the roller shaft and can be set at any 
lenght just by pushing it up or down, even during operation.

Rolf



On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 07:37:36 -0400
Alex English <english at kingston.net> wrote:

> Rolf,
> Thanks for the link.
> Can we assume the pellets can be broken off shorter, as the ones shown 
> in the video would likely cause flow problems for some stoves.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> On 20/07/2013 7:12 AM, Energies Naturals C.B. wrote:
> > and what is most important in these Ecoworxx machines:
> > Just changing the die, which takes less than 1/2 h, you can make pellets of 6 - 8-10-12-16-20-25 mm diammeter!
> >
> > This opens the field for larger gasifiers which need larger interstitional areas to " breathe freely".
> >
> > Rolf
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 08:06:37 +0700
> > Paul Olivier <paul.olivier at esrla.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Yesterday I ran across this YouTube video. Here pine forest debris (pine
> >> needles, pine cones, twigs and branches) is run through  a hammer mill and
> >> a pellet machine:
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOp__fEb9KM
> >>
> >> These pellets could be used as fuel in a pellet gasifier:
> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22013094/150%20Gasifier/Short/Photos/IMG_1567a.JPG
> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22013094/150%20Gasifier/Short/Photos/IMG_1568a.JPG
> >>
> >> The gasifier shown here is only 25 cm in height, and if completely filled
> >> with pelllets, it produces gas for as long as 1.5 hours. The biochar from
> >> this pellet gasifier comes out in pelleted form:
> >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22013094/150%20Gasifier/Short/Photos/IMG_1563.JPG
> >>
> >> Here in Vietnam there are a lot of pine forests. The government has
> >> instituted a program of controlled burns to prevent catastrophic forest
> >> fires. In dry season the air quality in the vicinity of Dalat where I live
> >> is really bad. The smoke, greenhouse gases and soot released from this
> >> controlled burning constitute a major environmental problem. All of the
> >> energy released by these controlled burns is totally wasted. At the same
> >> time, a lot of people go into the forests and chop down trees to make
> >> charcoal to burn in charcoal stoves. Deforestation is a major problem. Due
> >> to their link to deforestation, charcoal stoves, in certain areas of
> >> Vietnam, should be banned.
> >>
> >> If forest debris could be collected, hammer-milled and pelleted, then it
> >> would not be necessary to do controlled burns. Minority peoples, who live
> >> within the forests, could earn substantial money collecting forest debris.
> >> Small pellet-making facilities could be set up along the edges of forests.
> >> Some pellets could be used by minority people for household cooking, and
> >> some pellets could be sold. The biochar produced from these pellets is
> >> quite valuable. Numerous studies have shown that pine needle biochar has
> >> exceptional properties (search "pine needle biochar". Some biochar could be
> >> sold, and some could be returned to replenish forest soils.
> >>
> >> In Vietnam, over 80% of agricultural land is devoted to rice. In the
> >> highland areas where rice is not grown, there is coffee. In highland areas
> >> where coffee is not grown, there are pine forests. So Vietnam has an
> >> abundance of rice hulls, rice straw, coffee husks, pine needles, pine cones
> >> and other forest debris. No shortage of biomass here.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >> Paul Olivier
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Paul A. Olivier PhD
> >> 26/5 Phu Dong Thien Vuong
> >> Dalat
> >> Vietnam
> >>
> >> Louisiana telephone: 1-337-447-4124 (rings Vietnam)
> >> Mobile: 090-694-1573 (in Vietnam)
> >> Skype address: Xpolivier
> >> http://www.esrla.com/
> >
> 
> 
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