[TheForge] eco coke

[Bruce Freeman]

Phlip,

I'm not sure what you're missing but what I'm seeing in the BioChar
process is an insulated outer container with an inner container
inverted to prevent air incursion.  That IS a retort with burning of
the gases, but it's a very simple way to configure it.  I'd like to
see plans for the thing, because I didn't get from the video where the
air enters.

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> So,what am I missing? While the arrangement of the materials to burn
> off is slightly different, I fail to see how this differs in substance
> from other methods of making charcoal, using the off-gases as fuel,
> and producing an equally clean product.
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Wesley Marquart
> <marquart at arlinn-tower.com> wrote:
>> Guess I kinda' jumped the gun on calling it a PC/Greenie scam then... it
>> sounds like it might be something useful after all...
>>
>> Mike had mentioned the idea of Bio-char the other day (Thanks Mike! I'd seen
>> the video before but lost the link) - what the guy is doing in that is
>> <similar> to how I've been making my own charcoal for demos...  But I do use
>> a retort method myself...  55 gal drum sideways with a pipe coming out of
>> the bung hole, going down under the barrel, and using the wood gas coming
>> off the wood to 'cook' my charcoal...
>>
>> The last batch I did (last week) gave me enough charcoal to fill an old
>> burlap bag (roughly 35 gal.) to overflowing with lots of 'fines' left... I
>> use a piece of 1/4" hardware cloth to 'clean' the char - anything that falls
>> thru that gets saved to put into the garden and the big stuff gets bagged up
>> in the sack...
>>
>> Kinda the best of both worlds...  Trying to make the most of what I've
>> got... Heck I even save the wood ash from my wood burner in the winter... a
>> 5 gal. bucket of ash is always kept out in my shop for slow cooling any
>> metal I'm 'normalizing'
>>
>> -Wes
>
>
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> Saint Phlip
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Bruce
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