[Terrapreta] Char made made under pressurized conditions?

[Jeff Davis]

Dear Jim,

Good question! I use it for retting. After the retting period the
fibrous is a pulp like substance that makes a nice fibrous Fireball.
They are kind of like the paper Fireballs below:
http://www.puffergas.com/fireballs/mpf.html

I do not have a good update on the retted Fireball.

So first I capture the heat from the composting (retting) and help to
heat my building
http://www.puffergas.com/pile/pile.html

Next the pulp would be agglomerated into a fuel without the need of an
expensive ring pelleter.

Next the Fireballs could be gasified in the Gas-of-Fire 1000 and
charcoal would be a co-product along with vinegar.
<http://www.puffergas.com/gasoffire/gasoffire.html>



Kindest regards,

Jeff



On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 13:34 -0600, Jim Joyner wrote:
> Why cling to this romantic idea of composting? On practically any
> scale it is not worth it.