How To Make A Biochar Machine - TLUD
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- čas přidán 24. 02. 2016
- warmheartworldwide.com
In this video we show you how to make a basic Top Lit Up Draft Biochar Machine. Warm Heart have been teaching hundreds of farmers in the Northern Thailand how to make these machines in order to help reduce the smoke produced in the area.
We aim to restore the environment while creating economic development opportunities by teaching farmers sustainable agricultural practices and developing the new technology they need.
Decades of strip-cut logging, traditional flooded paddy rice propagation, field burning, over farming and heavy use of fertilizers have destroyed Phrao’s once vibrant ecosystem.
Mountainsides are scarred by steep, barren corn fields and the valley’s exhausted soils force farmers to depend heavily on artificial fertilizers. These chemicals are now destroying soil fertility, poisoning fish ponds and no longer stimulating the yields they once did, while squeezing farmers’ slim profits with their high costs.
To find out more about Warm Hearts biochar work please visit
warmheartworldwide.org/biochar-research-environment/
This is such a clear, concise, and descriptive tutorial. All of CZcams should be this good!
I built this today. it worked. great char. total cost. 13 bucks.
Prof. Shafer! Imagine my surprise when I discovered your channel by accident when looking for a charcoal retort design. It's good to see your project going well.
awesome way to use a piece of string
Genius design
This is a fantastic video! I wish I had seen it a long time ago! I am going to make biochar this year. Thanks for making everything so clear.
JOhn
Excellent description. Detailed and no nonsense.
excellent tutorial and great fabrication tips and tricks
Simple design, very well narrated. Good job. I will definitely try this. 👍
Your attitude prolly made a great atmosphere in your work environment.
Fantastic!
Interesting. Someone has asked me to build one using waste wood from a cabinet shop. Going to look at more designs. Thanks for sharing.
great explanation here: Following
After 2 years, my only suggestion would be to just place your chimney on the top of the barrel and trace the circle around it, and to drench the burning biochar when the flames are just barely above the biochar. That is the perfect timing of when to shut it off.
Thank you very much.
I've done it with pine wood with a variety of sizes mostly offcuts. It was difficult to say when it was done. Took a good few hours to burn down
Is that ok if i put bamboo and make it as biochar?
thank you sir.
I made this burner and used it to burn sticks stripped by goat cut to barrel length and packed tightly with wood chips filling the empty spaces. I neglected to dowse and it all burned to a small amount of ash. I'm about to try again. Not sure if I should damper it of this time somehow after ignition because my last firing burned so furiously.
With string, I thought I was back in ancient Egypt from my past life!
A piece of 5/8th inch Boilerplate under the rig is a nice touch, if you live in areas with a Loamy Soil.
Yes, Virginia, Dirt can catch on fire.
Cool
Barrel will last about 12 burns.
Wow
How does this instrument fulfil the criteria of pyrolysis?
That is exactly pyrolysis, of course..... I have seen a lot of various design, this happens to be the MOST simplest one easiest to make~!
Can we use poultry manure in this machine?
Can you burn woodchips and other forest 'residues' with this biochar machine?
Yes, as long as it is not too big a piece, I had done 2x4 left over, just take a bit longer.
What about for rice husks
Seems you would get to much air. Guess if you let it go to long, it would go to ash. How long did it take?
I'm slow. I don't have access to cob. But branches. Same deal?
How does it stop flies??
When you think it's dead, dump it. I don't know why I found this funny 😅
Can i make coconut chacoal like this sir
Kruezifix!Gibs dös ah?
Can grass clippings be used as feed stock? If so, it needs to be dried first right?
not productive to put grass in, how much char you are going to have left? all burnt to ashes!
Your roof sheeting is zinc plated and is exposed to open flame. Isn't burning zinc coated materials dangerous or poisonous?
If you inhale the fumes you get metal fume fever: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_fume_fever
its all rust. I don't see any zinc.
Zinc is an essential nutrient, a little of it will actually do good.
Not in your lungs.
See other posts.
Welders have to deal with this all the time, and they can’t take zinc poisoning!
I built and used but turns into ash instead of bio char where did I go wrong
There is quit a bit of talk about Metal fume fever. Exposure usually arises through hot metalworking processes, such as smelting and casting of zinc alloys, welding of galvanized metals, brazing, or soldering. If the metal concerned is particularly high-risk, the residue from cold sanding processes may also cause fume fever, even if the dose is lower. Occurs by inhaling metal oxide fumes that injure the lung.
Prevention of metal fume fever in workers who are at risk (such as welders) involves avoidance of direct contact with potentially toxic fumes, improved engineering controls (exhaust ventilation systems)...
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i don't think u emphasized enough the importance of dry feedstock if your feed stock isn' tdry enough you end up with a smoldering mess. speaking from experience
Yes. I could have saved some CZcams time if the video began with 'Remember ; Waste Food Stocks Only !' rather than leaving it to the last minute . ;)
why wastes feed stocks only?
It's not anything to do with the quality of the char. I think he's just trying to give environmentally friendly advice.
I don't know anyone who has access to these specialized tools. The barrel might be easy to obtain for someone with lots of privilege, but the only piece of this equipment that I can get hold of is the string...
Stay positive, do not let the challenges stop your great mission. Angle grinder from Harbor Freight tool is $9.99 to $20 depends on sales or not, a 4" grinder disc is $1 each, steel barrel can be bought looking into local ads, like craigslist, about $20-40 per. Now do not complain, just do it.
also, check if in your area there is a tool library - they are growing in popularity. Just put the call out for someone to lend you one - especially as it is for a good cause! Good luck
Good. We keep all good things from dorks like you that can't scrounge up a few bucks and a free barrel. Don't even bother to think you could borrow the tools either. No one would lend them to you! Your sad sack would steal them.
Webale dala
You waste the biogas .
I would add some informations:
the barrel steel must be rust-ressistand, if not it will crumble after 4 use...
use smaller barel as char-generator inside the bigger that work as stove and burn until ash.
everything inside should be fried to the crisp. After one hour.
Do not open, and wait until you can touch the can.
For safety reasons because water can...explode...
Now mix with the soil in one to 10 or one to 6 for grass plants.
When you burn until ash you get ash, not biochar. That misses the whole point. Ash is very alkaline and produces no homes for microbes. It is no longer biochar.
@@johns7713
This is WHY the oxygen should be shut-off from the barrel inside that is burning volatile pyrolise products. It work.
P.S. Because bochar is alcaline and without nitrogen, you need to pee on it. Wastewater is enough. Then put to the ground.
Can two girls make this also? ;)
Tillon Sara jes no problem
corrosion x and drink from the same cup XD
u just need one sexy girl to do all these or more...coz all the guys will do it for her for free.
2 girls 1 barrel
Not an efficient design.
Can you link a better design please? I'm doing yt research on these would much appreciate :)
Are you kidding me, cool drill bit, go buy a made in America, or Europe drill bill, might need to go to a industrial supply, as machinists do. Buy quality.