I agree totally with Tom's assessment for cardboard in a TLUD. I tried it once a few years back and it was a dismal failure - way too much ash and no structure to what little char I created. Used as a

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Hello, I would not worry too much about toxicity. As others have noted, modern inks are usually soy based. Paint and preservatives in wood are another matter entirely. If you are happy with the char y

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Shaked From: cc list Thanks a great deal. See inserts. [RWL: Doing same is fine by me. [RWL: Gotcha. See note below on possible BLDD to replace TLUD operation - which would keep the bones low. [RWL: I

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Hi Rob, thanks for the questions, I’ll try to answer best I can. I’m also just about to run another burn as material is piling up, I’ll be able to share more pictures, what is the best way to do that?

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Shaked From: cc list You have raised some interesting new TLUD issues with the four photos given in your message below. Your “here” in the text refers back to Josh Kearns who has done much of the best

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I am inclined to think that Wayne has hit on the key issues: (1) inks today do not pose a toxicity risk and (2) paper does not have a better future as something else. Michael Shafer www.warmheartworld

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Thank you for the information and references. just as a side track, my method of charing the materials described has been as in the pictures below: The kiln I have used is based on the design found he

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Jeff did a lot of experiments with fireballs in the 2006-2008 time frame. You can see some of the pictures and notes on the Stoves.bioenergylists.org pages: https://stoves.bioenergylists.org/search/no

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Hi All; Paper balls have been used in TLUD stoves for a while now. The first reference to them I know of is Davis, Jeff. 2006. Fireballs: agglomerations of biomass. Glow (A publication of the Asia Reg

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Shaked From: While I can’t answer your questions completely, I can at least give a partial answer. Most inks are now soy based and are not toxic. If there is metal in paper it is coming from the pulpi

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Hi everyone, For a few years now I’ve been using all the waste paper, news paper and cardboard that ends up in my house hold as feedstock for biochar, I use a 200 litre drum TLUD, leftover bones, frui

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gordon, some of the attributes that we like from charred hard wood pellets include the physical stability, microbial growth substrate, ease of spreading, and it's shape. we have used a blend of microb

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Mike, Yes, we bought a 15HP Chinese pellet machine and are using a 3/8” die. The main objective was to pelletize thinning slash, which is otherwise of negative value, and create a densified storable,

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gordon, are you doing the pelleting.. ? mike Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

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We are using pecan shells, wood chips, and most recently pelletized juniper slash. One of our main objectives is to utilize waste from thinning and fuels reduction projects - the kind of material that

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At Warm Heart we use no forest wood. Our primary feedstocks are corn stalk, corncob and rice straw. We also char branches pruned by orchard owners that would otherwise be burned. In Africa, our feedst

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curious to know how many folks are using wheat straw char, bone char, wood char, and other biomass chars.... wood char is only one type of char....... Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

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tom, we are continuing our work with wheat straw biochar this month as we transition to winter..... we are including wheat straw biochar into our soil health approach of burying fermented food residue

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