<div dir="ltr">Frank,<div>Thanks for  the numbers. 5 decimal accuracy aside, I just did a little jiggling of a freshly poured sample of wood pellets,  which voidedthevoids, so to speak. Roughly a 10% decrease  volume or increase in bulk density. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Yours +/-</div><div>Alex</div><div><br></div><div>PS Came across this data;  <a href="http://www.pellet.org/images/2009-04-13_Airflow_Pressure_Drop.pdf">http://www.pellet.org/images/2009-04-13_Airflow_Pressure_Drop.pdf</a></div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Frank Shields <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frank@compostlab.com" target="_blank">frank@compostlab.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">671.78<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td></tr><tr style="height:.2in"><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">152.47<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">pellets used<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td></tr><tr style="height:.2in">
<td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1539.82<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pellets + Sand<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td></tr><tr style="height:.2in">
<td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td></tr><tr style="height:.2in">
<td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">0.637865<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Bulk density Pellet <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">671.78/1053.17<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1.47714<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sand bulk density<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1555.68/1053.17<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td></tr><tr style="height:.2in">
<td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td></tr><tr style="height:.2in">
<td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1387.35<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="320" nowrap colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="width:192.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sand used when mixed with pellets<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1539.8-152.47<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td></tr><tr style="height:.2in"><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">168.33<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sand not used<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1555.68-1387.35<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td></tr><tr style="height:.2in"><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">113.9567<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Vol sand not used <u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">168.33/1.477<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td></tr><tr style="height:.2in"><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1.337965<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">pellet density<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">152.47/113.95<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td></tr><tr style="height:.2in"><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">502.091<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">pellet vol in bottle<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">671.78/1.337965<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td></tr><tr style="height:.2in"><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">551.079<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">void space<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"></td><td width="160" nowrap colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="width:96.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">1053.17-502.091<u></u><u></u></span></p></td><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in">
</td></tr><tr style="height:.2in"><td width="80" nowrap valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:.2in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">52.32574<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Tare a glass narrow neck bottle<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fill with sand –weigh<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fill with pellets weigh<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fill with water – weigh (vol of glass jar)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calc bulk density of sand and pellets<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Weigh a handful of pellets<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Add sand > sprinkle in pellets > add sand > sprinkle in pellets until all pellets are in bottle and topped off with sand<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Weigh sand + pellets mix<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calc sand in mix <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calc sand NOT in mix<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calc volume of sand NOT in mix using sand bulk density<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calc. particle density of pellets from wt hand full of pellets / volume of sand not in mix.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calc pellet volume in liter bottle when filled with pellets <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calc. void space in bottle left <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Calc percent voids from void / total vol of liter bottle X 100<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I fill with sand then tap twice on the counter then top off with sand. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This is a sample from a local US pellet source. The bulk density is 0.638 g/cc and the particle density of the pellets is 1.338 g/cc<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Void space for air movement in a TLUD filled with these pellets is 52.3% <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Instead of sand one can use water or acetone for other materials. The particle density of sand (or like) I find best done using acetone.  <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hope the calcs are correct. : )<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Stoves [mailto:<a href="mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dean Still<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 06, 2014 11:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Cuber and size of densifying machines. (no longer Re: The wood and char and fuel "debate" )<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Tom,<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">In Uganda the pellets were too dense and were hard to light. Do you know the density of USA heating stove pellets?<u></u><u></u></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Best,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dean<u></u><u></u></p></div></div>
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