[Terrapreta] Char made made under pressurized conditions?

[John G. Flottvik]

Greg.

We would put our hot charcoal into 45 gal drums with a sealed lid to allow 
cooling then transfer to super sacks.
At one time the char in drum felt only slightly warm to the touch so we 
transferred to super sack and stored in our 45 foot trailer. The warm 
charcoal ignited and burned the trailer full of charcoal + the trailer. Fire 
department was unable to put the charcoal out so we just had to baby sit and 
let it burn/smolder until gone. Expensive lesson.

Regards
John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg and April" <gregandapril at earthlink.net>
To: "Terra Preta" <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Char made made under pressurized conditions?


> Hmmm........
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but is it not true that char can still be quite
> warm, and not burn when O2 comes in contact with it?
>
> It is with that in mind that I asked what I did in my previous post - 
> after
> all, you didn't exactly say at what temp the char was cooling from did 
> you?
>
> No offense,
> Greg H.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Davis" <jeff0124 at velocity.net>
> To: "Terra Preta" <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 19:38
> Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Char made made under pressurized conditions?
>
>
>> Greg wrote:
>>>when all you have to do
>>> is
>>> open the reactor door, since the natural composition of air is almost 
>>> 80%
>>> ( by volume )?
>>
>> If you just open the door the O2 in the air will burn up you charcoal.
>>
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Jeff Davis
>>
>> Some where 20 miles south of Lake Erie, USA
>>
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