[TheForge] eco coke OT:

[peter fels]

Actually Jerry;
There were wood powered cars that burned the volatiles off wood in both the US and Germany in WW2.
They must have made charcoal as a by-product.
Of course the Stanley Steamer which burned either was a very impressive car in it's day.

On May 26, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:

> Get any video Pete? A neighbor of mine a few decades ago had a 55gl drum 
> size kiln he fired with waste oil and not only managed to blow it over a 
> reasonable area a couple times but melted it down once, literally.
> 
> Oil is SO much more volatile than (most) solid fuels. Guess I'll stop trying 
> to design a charcoal powered auto.
> 
> Jer
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "peter fels" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] eco coke
> 
> 
>> The danger isn't a gradual build up of pressure probably,
>> Rather it's if the " brown smoke" of volatiles gets just enough oxy and 
>> flashes.
>> A friend , Al( RIP) was firing a VW sized pottery kiln, years ago. He was 
>> using drain oil as fuel,
>> and had a modest little fire going, "candling" the kiln all night.
>> When he turned on the blowers, there was a brief puff of heavy brown 
>> smoke, a heavy whumph!
>> and the kiln went flying in all directions.
>> Some of the bricks flew over 100 feet and Al's full beard, eyebrows and 
>> hair evaporated.
>> I was about 70' away and we did some hasty fire control while Al went 
>> straight to his water tank.
>> He was face down in the water, coming up only for breath, for a couple of 
>> hours.
>> No lasting damage to Al, except his craftsman's pride.
>> 
> 
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