Hey all,
New member here. I have this crazy idea and I am wondering if anyone knows more about this and can help me out.
I'm a construction guy and a pretty good organic gardener. I want to conceptualize and design a pyrolysis system as a utility core in a small (let's say 1000 sqft) stone or concrete home, probably timber framed roof but the specifics of the design aren't really the point right now.
The idea is this:
biochar retort --> mixing throat (below retort, mixes pre- warmed intake air with syngas from retort) ---> burn tunnel (1500-2000 degrees F) ---> pizza oven ----> passive copper water coils (for radiant flooring or potable H20) ---> exits home OR first runs through high mass thermal material inside the home (like a stone bench by the hearth) ---> exits home
I am not an engineer or (God forbid) a building inspector and I know that there is plenty of thermal dynamics and problem solving that would need to be done to make this system a reality but I am wondering, on just a theoretical level, does anyone see a good reason why this just absolutely wouldn't work?
TIA
New member here. I have this crazy idea and I am wondering if anyone knows more about this and can help me out.
I'm a construction guy and a pretty good organic gardener. I want to conceptualize and design a pyrolysis system as a utility core in a small (let's say 1000 sqft) stone or concrete home, probably timber framed roof but the specifics of the design aren't really the point right now.
The idea is this:
biochar retort --> mixing throat (below retort, mixes pre- warmed intake air with syngas from retort) ---> burn tunnel (1500-2000 degrees F) ---> pizza oven ----> passive copper water coils (for radiant flooring or potable H20) ---> exits home OR first runs through high mass thermal material inside the home (like a stone bench by the hearth) ---> exits home
I am not an engineer or (God forbid) a building inspector and I know that there is plenty of thermal dynamics and problem solving that would need to be done to make this system a reality but I am wondering, on just a theoretical level, does anyone see a good reason why this just absolutely wouldn't work?
TIA
