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[Tony Vovers]

Aaron
It's not my area of specialty but I suspect rice husks pyrolysis has a lot
different chemistry going on than other woody biomass.
The rice husks ash is 90+% silicon dioxide Si02 compared to mainly calcium,
potassium, magnesium in wood ash.
SiO2 is one of the key components of thermite that can melt steel and burns
with a bright blue flame.

Thanks for posting, it's an interesting observation and a reminder that we
should not just focus on the organics in our biomass fuels.


On Fri, Jan 11, 2019, 02:04 Aaron Wingle <wingleaaron at gmail.com wrote:

> I couldn’t figure out how to reply directly to the threads about Paul
> Oliver Rice Husk Burner.
>
> Through my observations I have noticed there is something magical about
> rice husk pyrolysis and forced air draft stoves.  They always burn clean
> and blue or violet in crazy ways that I haven’t witnessed on many wood
> stoves. Alex English has a blue flame wood stove and one other possible
> person and myself.
>
> I would like to see a video or photographs showing that stove burning on
> wood pellets or chips.  My guess is a mostly yellow flame is produced.
>
> Does anyone know why rice husks are magical?
>
> As an experimenter of these TLUD stoves I find misrepresentation of the
> cleanliness and efficiency to cause disheartened stove designers.
>
> If I am wrong and that stove burns blue while burning wood chips or
> pellets, I’ll add Paul Oliver to my TLUD designer shrine of Worship.
>
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