[Gasification] Charcoal Reduction Mill

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Robert,

Below is a link to some of my work:

<http://www.puffergas.com/fireballs/charcoal-fireballs.html>

root:
<http://www.puffergas.com/fireballs/fireballs.html>


I'll use purchased starch. Later I'll learn how to collect the starch
found in cattail roots that I'm growing. Does starch have a fuel value?
Maybe carbonize the top of the cattails and use the root extract as the
binder.

I plan on building a pan agglomerater out of 1/2 of a 55 gallon drum. As
you can see I already have used a cement mixer with fins removed.

I don't have any steel balls so I was thinking of using cement to cast
the balls not as a binder.

I would like to use a drum dryer.



Jeff



On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 19:59 +0700, Robert Kana wrote:
> Yes the material is fragile and very easy to break in smaller pieces. 
> Any kind of a homemade crusher with balls, size screen and blower
> will 
> do the job. You will need a mixer as well. What are you planning to
> use 
> to make the fireballs? Disk type granulating machine can work. Same 
> system as to make fertilizers! What is your idea to use as a binding 
> agent, cement? Clay, flour, tapioca... they all will do a good job, 
> cement we have never tried, I could not comment on that. If it is for 
> your own use, cement mixer and put some steel balls inside, after it
> is 
> crushed, remove the balls and add the binding agent. If you have 
> removable fins inside the cement mixer you can use it to make the 
> fireballs. They will be light weight. You can always shape them in to 
> snow balls sizes and dry in shade.
> Regards,
> Robert