[Stoves] Wood Tar Experiments with a Cookswell Mini Kiln

[Cookswell Jikos]

Thank you very much Erin for helping me log in.

Here is a short video of the first system iv rigged up -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8mafgyFgDk

The general idea is that since so many people have already bought and use
this kiln in Kenya - why not a useful after market add-on to reduce the
smoke into something a bit more useful... for free..

Any thoughts, comments and ideas would be very appreciated,

Teddy

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On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Teddy Kinyanjui
<cookswelljikos at gmail.com>wrote:

> Teddy Kinyanjui is improving his charcoal mini kiln, and his wood tar
> removing process.  Does anyone on the list have any recommendations to help
> him improve the charcoal and the wood tar yeild?****
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> from:  http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/content/more-woodoiltar****
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> We are trying to (a) reduce the amount of emmisisons from charcoal
> production and (b) Condense and recover as much of the smoke into a usable
> product for your home/farm. Wood tar - the following is an explanation from
> the good folks at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
> (FAO) about what is going on in this process. ****
>
> "The non-water component consists of wood tars, both water soluble and
> insoluble, acetic acid, methanol, acetone and other complex chemicals in
> small amounts. If left to stand, the proligneous acid separates into two
> layers comprising the water insoluble tar and a watery layer containing the
> remaining chemicals. Recovery of the water insoluble tar, often called wood
> or Stockholm tar, is simple - it is merely decanted from the water phase.
> This wood tar has uses as a veterinary antiseptic, a preservative for wood,
> a caulking agent, and as a substitute for road tar"
> http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5328e/x5328e0d.htm****
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> more photos here: ****
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> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.609236529117746.1073741911.199734683401268&type=1
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> thanks,****
>
> Erin Rasmussen****
>
> erin at trmiles.com ****
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