Hi Mike, I have a Kon-tiki from Paul Taylor (The Biochar Revolution) which is a 1.6m diameter top part (.5m high rim) which sits on the ground then you dig the rest of the cone shape into the ground.

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If I remember correctly Sai Bhaskar Reddy was working with villagers to make biochar in trenches and then adding effective microorganismsm and nutrients. This was some years ago. His techniques may ha

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Tom, Great to hear...... Thanks for the information. Mike

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If I remember correctly this approach has been used for several years by Dr. Sai Bhaskar Reddy in India. https://www.saibhaskar.com/ Tom

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Good Day, Currently we have adopted an approach where at the end of the garden season we..... 1. Dig a trench 2. Fill trench with dry wheat straw. 3. Top light the straw. 4. Quench fire with fermented

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Eli, For temperatures, consider https://www.coleparmer.com/i/digi-sense-single-input-thermocouple-thermometer-with-nist-traceable-calibration/2025091 comes with one small thermocouple. But you need a

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Paul, thanks for your reply to my message. Paul Anderson wrote: Some quick notes. 50% of carbon atoms of biomass remain in the biochar, but by weight that is only about 20%. Retorts and TLUDs do not p

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Eli, Some quick notes. 50% of carbon atoms of biomass remain in the biochar, but by weight that is only about 20%. Retorts and TLUDs do not produce char that is, in general, different from flame-cap /

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I am preparing for my second flame cap trough batch for creating charcoal to process into biochar. This 6’ long 20” wide, 20” deep at bottom trench, reduces the processing needed of the feedstock as c

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Hi Frank, your air injection rim sounds a bit like the secondary air injection in a T-Lud cooking stove, do you have a pic of it working? On another comment thread just recently someone was saying tha

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Very good and valuable points Geoff, It is the responsible operator / char master and team who is able to minimise the air pollution. As in my last email from a few minutes ago, we have also optional

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Re: Origins of flame cap technology Thanks for the extensive up to date information Tom, Considering the many different feedstock conditions, diameter, moisture content, oil content, in leaves & needl

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My experience with my Pyramid Kiln, - early version from Kelpie, is that operator skill and experience makes a huge difference, I mean HUGE, ie very smokey to no smoke at all, nor any smell. Measureme

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Re: Origins of flame cap technology In 2019 US Biochar proposed emission testing of several carbonizers, including flame cap kilns, for the purpose of developing a “climate index” of technologies to s

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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303358352_Emissions_and_Char_Quality_of_Flame-Curtain_Kon_Tiki_Kilns_for_Farmer-Scale_CharcoalBiochar_Production Best, Harald

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Kelpie notes: So far all we have is the emissions data that HP did in Nepal. Thank you for that HP, I have used it a lot. Where is this emission data available? - Hugh

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Re: Origins of flame cap technology Doc / Dr TLUD / Paul S. Anderson, PhD --- Website: www.drtlud.com Email: psanders@... Skype: paultlud Phone: Office: 309-452-7072 Mobile & WhatsApp: 309-531-4

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Dear Biochar Discussion Group, Some of the messages(such as the one below) about this Subject have not gone to the full Discussion Group. I have collected them in to one Word file but without any edit

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Excellent questions Hugh. Emissions testing is the bottleneck we have to get through, if we want to get to the next level with flame cap devices. Jim Amonette has brought the methane issue to our atte

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List, et al. Since we are drilling down on the flame cap option, what is the consensus on emissions and levels of unburned VOC's, methane, etc. I am concerned there is a continuous region of quenching

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