[Terrapreta] new address to the simple kiln

[Kurt Treutlein]

Sean K. Barry wrote:
>  Hi Phillip,
>
> > The heat from the top layer burning warms the wood below it releasing
>  >combustible and noncombustible gases which flow up into the charcoal
>  >layer. Glowingly hot charcoal has a wondrous ability to strip oxygen
>  >molecules from of anything that passes over it, so it converts the
>  >water into hydrogen, and the carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide.
>  >These two gases are flammable.
>
>  I think you better check what you say here.  I do not believe this is
>  correct.  Hot charcoal does not strip oxygen atoms from water making
>  Hydrogen gas-H2.  It also does not strip oxygen atoms from Carbon
>  dioxide-CO2, making Carbon monoxide-CO.  Heated biomass in the
>  absence of oxygen (or in low oxygen environments) decomposes the
>  biomass into Carbon monoxide-CO and Hydrogen gas-H2.  If there is
>  oxygen present, then combustion of those two fuel gases occurs,
>  rendering complete combustion byproducts (CO2 and H2O).
>
Sean,

I keep telling you to learn something about gasification. There is a 
sister list to this one where you can do this.
Phillip is quite correct in what he says, YOU are quite wrong.

Kurt
who also wishes you had the manners to edit your quotes. I have to pay 
7cents per megabyte for traffic greater than my satellite cap. This 
month I'm allready up for $50.