F Styles : After typing this and re-reading it I
should have just deleted it and let someone else point out the most obvious comparisons to the Petrochemical
Industries and ask is this a good path !
If this is a path you choose to follow - go for it! Especially if you can produce your own Initial Bio-mass Fuels in a
sustainable way. Good luck, be careful,
and try not to attract too much attention to yourself !
Same videos without the hype see link below :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o5M6v1eD4I&list=PLw28_n7AgcmBtqfnxDV50M-V2JPj3vtFt
The 411 on this is , there is no Rocket Stove here at all ! We have a hot wood fire below a sealed barrel of Bio-mass that then gets cooked in a Oxygen Deficient
Environment.
The initial product is usually called wood vinegar and contains lots of water and a wide assortment of condensible ''Wood gases" !
The next step is actually an identical process ( though crudely done in the videos ) Of Fractional Distillation. A.K.A. Thermal Cracking ! This is the exact process
that oil refineries use to produce/ create ALL the various blends of 'Distilates' that fuel the worlds economies, Your Diesel/Aviation Fuels, Gasoline Home heating
products and Propane/Butane !
Remember that crude oils were found in Pennsylvania over 160 years ago, Fractional distillation has come a long way since! Also the
root word ''still'' should serve
as a clue where the original Technology game from !
Also worth noting is the fact that when the
Price of Crude Oil is listed They only mention the sweet crudes, those from West Texas (West Texas Intermediate )
And Brent Oil ( Basically the area between Scotland and Scandinavia ) Other oils are not sweet and do not get the premium price, some are selling for less than $15
U.S.D per 42 gal barrel !
While I have no objection to my neighbors operating the equivalent of a one man petrochemical refinery for himself and his immediate family , It must be
remembered that You are destructively burning Wood Group A, in order to drive off the wood gases from wood group B, so your waste is already above 50 %
This is not an enterprise that lends itself to Clandestine operation, and anyone attempting this in a residential neighborhood will quickly find themselves visited by
The Department of Making You Sad !
Again, good luck Big AL