[Stoves] Lime residue in stack?

[Frank Shields]

Dear Anand,

I have yet to receive the sample but am hoping it will work for this
interesting project. If it is made of carbonates or oxides it will work (I
think) but silicates or lots of organic material will just be a problem as I
see it now. 

 

Thanks

 

Frank

 

 

Frank Shields

Control Laboratories; Inc.

42 Hangar Way

Watsonville, CA  95076

(831) 724-5422 tel

(831) 724-3188 fax

frank at biocharlab.com

www.controllabs.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of
Anand Karve
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 5:52 PM
To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Lime residue in stack?

 

Dear Frank,

If the fuel is mineral coal, it can have a lot of calcium in it. In India,
the fly ash from electricity generating plants used to be given free of cost
to farmers for spreading it on the fields, But nowadays it is used for
making bricks and pavement tiles. If the coal has calcium in it, I am quite
sure that a part of it would stick to the smoke stack. I do not know the
chemical form it may be having. It could be calcium silicate.  

Yours

A.D.Karve



 

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:56 PM, Frank Shields <frank at compostlab.com> wrote:

Greetings Stovers

 

I am being asked to test a sample of a "lime residue" from a stack of a
power plant(?) to see if can be used in agriculture or in chemical
manufacturing. Is there such a thing as carbonates or oxides formed in
stacks? In pure enough quantity. I was thinking most all the residue was
from organics (tars) depositing on the walls. Not sure what the fuel is but
I think is a big operation in Australia.

 

Thanks

 

Frank

  

 

Frank Shields

Control Laboratories; Inc.

42 Hangar Way

Watsonville, CA  95076

(831) 724-5422 tel

(831) 724-3188 fax

frank at biocharlab.com

www.controllabs.com <http://www.controllabs.com/> 

 


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