[Terrapreta] Kingsford licenses Hawaii charcoal patent

[Ron Larson]

Mike (cc Tom, Gerald, terrapreta list)

    1.  Congratulations on the several licensing successes.  Really good to hear (and see the video Tom mentions below).

    2.  Two questions:
        a.  There must be substantial pyrolysis gas release/production in your unique high pressure approach.  What is the composition and your disposition of whatever is left over following the "flash" and cool down period?  Any estimate of its value?
        b.   There is obviously some thermal output as well.  Is it at all practical to try to capture that with heat exchangers, etc?

    3.  Apologies if these are discussed in any of your papers - where I remember only an emphasis on the amazing percentage of char.  Repeat a citation I should look at if appropriate.

Ron
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  From: Tom Miles 
  To: 'Gerald Van Koeverden' 
  Cc: 'terra preta' 
  Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:06 PM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Kingsford licenses Hawaii charcoal patent


  As the Honolulu Advertiser states:

  "Kingsford now becomes the third company to license the technology, but the first with a household name that can generate exposure for the obscure technology."

   

  Where's the product?

   

  It's probably being used in a high value application like pet deodorant. 

   

  Tom

   

  From: Gerald Van Koeverden [mailto:vnkvrdn at yahoo.ca] 
  Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:50 AM
  To: Tom Miles
  Cc: 'terra preta'
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Kingsford licenses Hawaii charcoal patent

   

  Carbon Diversion - U of H's first licensee - is already selling turnkey set-ups for $250,000.

   

  http://www.carbondiversion.com/

   

  Gerrit

   

  On 17-Aug-07, at 1:21 PM, Tom Miles wrote:





  The Honolulu Advertiser: "The nation's leading manufacturer of charcoal has licensed a University of Hawai'i process for turning green waste into barbecue briquets."

  See: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707280348

   

  Also, be sure to spend 2 minutes watching the video webcast on the Advertiser website that contains a really good look at the commercial scale equipment they are using and an overview of its operation.  

   

  Also see the HNEI website:

   

  http://www.hnei.hawaii.edu/ 

   

  Michael Antal writes:

   

  "I am increasingly optimistic about the future for charcoal."

   

   

  Tom Miles

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