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Ian Rice wrote:I need to do a lot more research about different kinds of bamboo as regards their individual abilities to produce biomass with burning in mind. The big thing that I have gleaned thus far is that invasive bamboo is the running type. These also seem to be the ones that produce edible sprouts. Clumping varieties do just that and are not very invasive....but inedible. As to speed and usability goes...I'll bet the so called "timber" bamboo (such as Vivax) produces the most fuel fastest...just a hunch. It (V) is also edible and is very invasive and probably should be contained in some way. Smaller varieties might be tough to split...just a thought.
James Colbert wrote:There is a Japanese tool which works somewhat like an circular apple slicer. You know the ones where you push down on the apple and it cuts the apple all at one into eight pieces... Well there is a small tool like that can do the same thing with bamboo. Its quick and looks pretty easy as it slides down the length of the bamboo. It splits the bamboo into four sections. What your left with is a stack of tall flat bamboo strips that you can use in your rocket mass heater without worry of air pockets and without wasted space. So with this I envision a fuel which is nearly as dense as hardwood and can burn for a longer periods of time simply because of its geometry. Your thoughts?
James Colbert wrote:There is a Japanese tool which works somewhat like an circular apple slicer. You know the ones where you push down on the apple and it cuts the apple all at one into eight pieces... Well there is a small tool like that can do the same thing with bamboo. Its quick and looks pretty easy as it slides down the length of the bamboo. It splits the bamboo into four sections. What your left with is a stack of tall flat bamboo strips that you can use in your rocket mass heater without worry of air pockets and without wasted space. So with this I envision a fuel which is nearly as dense as hardwood and can burn for a longer periods of time simply because of its geometry. Your thoughts?
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Ernie Wisner wrote:I didnt know it made good charcoal. i have just burned it with the rest of the sticks in the RMH. Since Tari's sails require bamboo battens I some times have lots of ends that i need to get rid of. I am curious about how well solid stemmed bamboo varieties would work as heating and cooking fuel, I think i had read somewhere that there where cold weather varieties hardy to zone 3.
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Matt Armstrong wrote:What about thin 3/8 to 1/2 in bamboos? Is it worth the time to split 'em? Also, how would be the best way to split such thin bamboo stalk?
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