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Originally Posted by unawatuna
I have been impressed with the kilns made by pro-natura for "green charcoal" production. Pro-Natura International (PNI) - Fighting against climate change
Does the board know how much excess energy is released in the exothermic reactions that make charcoal?
It seems to me that few kilns are catching the extra energy. Is this because there isn't much or if not, where can I find others that do for large scale production? |
Welcome aboard the board Tuna.
There is plenty of heat energy to harness, but the aim seems primarily to produce the charcoal. We have discussed in other threads here, adding tubing around a stove and making steam or heating oil to use for generating electricity. I think a problem is that the charcoal stoves run intermittently, and so the cost of the additional equipment to capture the heat isn't justified.
My little coffee-can wood-gasifier charcoal retort stove can boil ~1 cup of water on one fueling.
