Rocket Stove Charcoal Retort

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Originally Posted by Turtle

I'm always on the hunt for good trash, and last Christmas I scored a nice steel drum that I set aside for another possible charcoal stove. Anyway, I got around to messing with it and here is what I found. This is a Heineken mini-keg for beer, capacity 5 litres (1.33 gallon), it is steel, 6" diameter & ~9" tall. I pulled out the spout leaving a 1" hole, and inside I could see a white cylinder, too big to fit out the hole. Cutting open the end, I took out the cylinder measuring 1 3/4" diameter & 5 3/4" high, and made of aluminium. Tearing apart the little cylinder, I found inside...charcoal!!! What a coinkydink.

The big can says patented pressurization, so I suspect the charcoal keeps the gas, most likely CO2, from liquifying? In any case, given this is a food 'additive', the charcoal is surely activated charcoal.

Here's the goods.

you lucky bum looks like a lot of fun to dismantle and play with