you can also make a retort and burn a fraction of the fuel wood you use to keep the reaction going. The wood being carbonized gives off enough syngas to sustain it's own reaction. A self-fueling gasifier. You can make some moderate modification to your GIANT gasifier and have a self-fueling, clean burning, rocket retort, charcoal maker.

Part one you should show you loading the thing? I think my wife is gonna be pissed. This is gonna be fun.

This is how clouds is made

Isn't all the vapor and smoke from charcoal making highly flammable and worth using? And if not wouldn't it be more conscientious to pipe it through a water barrel or another kind of scrubber to attempt to not dump tonnes of crap into the air for no reason?

It's mesmerizing.

The greenhouse gasses released when he's making charcoal just replaces the gasses the wood he is burning consumed while it was growing. The tree would eventually die and rot and release the same greenhouse gasses.

Fantastic video. I may switch from coal to charcoal now.

My neighbors would be pissed!

Pretty sweet set up Do yo make it to sell or use it for work ? I know roofers use large quantities for hot tarring Sometimes and i would imagine its a good resource for other trades as well

This is intense and relaxing at the same time, love it!

does anyone know if you are able to do this without permits? it seems like this could really mess up a low flying plane

The smoke bellowing is beautiful to watch.

Can someone please explain whats it looks like underneath? Is the wood sitting on the floor? Is the klin sitting on the channel?

if you had a way to collect the smoke you could use it as fuel for the fire. have you ever got it to hot and the smoke ignited?

which wood do you al use?

So could the smoke be pipe off to the other tanks???

what heated the bottom?

i thought the smoke was flammable? when i make charcloth and charcoal i light the smoke and when the flame goes out, it means it is done. why did it not light on fire when it touched the open flame (coming out of the holes that you lit first) at the bottom?

What quantity of charcoal would this kiln produce?

@EzeeSKANKIN Charcoal is produced for a variety of reason. It is lighter than wood. It starts faster and gets to full heat incredibly fast. It creates very little smoke (since all the natural oils have been pushed out of it) and It burns evenly

Interesting video and a bit concerning. The part 4 title image looks like he's on fire, I'm glad it's just the PoV. I'm guessing this is a commercial endeavor versus for privet use? If it was for privet use that one load would take some time to consume (1 to 2 months+)? It looks like he's done this enough that the fire brigade either receives a call from him or they call him to confirm he's processing (I hope the former, not the latter). I wonder how many cords (lbs) of wood goes in that kiln(?) and the amount of charcoal (% or lbs) he gets out? Thank-you for the time and keep safe.

Would have been interesting to see what the kiln looks like before being fired. Also the lighting procedure is essential.

really enviroment-friendly!

The beginning looks like a magic ritual.

now i know what happened to the ash cloud over iceland, its in the south downs.

Is this from VHS? There's something analog about it.

hope i make cloud like this with my new RDA

Wet wood makes a lot of steam. Thanks for posting.

Wondering if he put a match to that smoke would it ignite?

The bottom of the drum is a hole?

where can we get info on this?

Forgive me for my lack of knowledge of making charcoal. Are you effectively just drying the wood out? The plumes of white smoke are just steam?

How to create a lot of smoke-101

very good

Is alder good for smoking meats? 2 for 1, or maybe heat water.

I'm from the middle of the Pacific Ocean - approximately 5000 miles away from California and the nearest coast of Australia - and would like to seek ideas on how to build a kiln. An 8 lb bag of charcoal in my country is roughly $25 usd, but we have all these drift wood laying on the beaches, unused. Your projects are the best I've come across in my KZfaq research. Please help. Thanks.

You could also use the syngas to run a generator and crack water into HHO and store it for future use. Wood vinegar, the liquid residue , is a very valuable agricultural product used in Asia for insecticide and fertilizer. Use this as a template for the general concept. On Picasaweb look for Rockin' Rocket Retort or just google Rockin' Rocket Retort.

I am no expert, but I've watched hundreds of charcoal making videos on KZfaq and never seen anywhere close to this much smoke

Oh God,how did I get here and how do I get out?

Why is fire so awesome?

hey buddy. have you tried sucking that smoke trying to recover some fuel in it. just like gasifier.

Good lord imagine this on an industrial scale. I make charcoal in my backyard and give off some smoke but holy Moses that’s some smoke

I might try this my nebors haven't complained in a while

it is a wast too that smoke can be condensed and sold as fuel. where do you think Coal Oil comes from

They should capture the smoke and use it to generate power via the wood gassifier.

Is that smoke or steam?

Thats some amount of by-product going up in smoke! A good few gallons at least!

Did you see where it smoked a little bit?

This beats the crap out of the smoke bombs I buy at the firework store.

Carbon monoxide and -dioxide do not destroy the ozone. You're thinking of Chloroflourocarbons (CFCs) with your comment. It's also important to note that Antartica completely loses the ozone above it EVERY year. Which means that it regenerates completely every year, too.

There is once it's actually wood gas, but not using This method. Some of the smaller retort designs actually use the wood gas to increase the heat on the inner crucible.

Like the bit about making charcoal but that smoke is outta control. Surely there's a way of chimneying? that smoke and burning it off?

@gettingahandle It should work. We had a bowl about this big in college.

What can the charcoal be used for after it is made?

LIGHT THE BEACON!!

I'm not quite clear on why make charcoal? I mean, I use it for smoking meat myself... Didn't realize it was so, so much work to make. But it has me thinking, why not just smoke with wood? Sorry, dumb questions. OH! And what then is being given off? What's in the smoke?

does no one here notice that that isn't all smoke? he used wet wood so that has a large amount of steam mixed into it and to add to that it isn't a solid circle of smoke its hollow.

HINT! To make the best I use morning wood! I take about 8 inches of it and use the friction method. After several minutes of heat and pounding I test the load. You can do it with a friend or even by yourself. If anyone is interested in a workshop on this let me know.

that was some smoke

4:30 Smokebomb :P

Holy smokes

My bff lives there.

Run!!!! I hear banjos!!!!

how do you know when the wood has turned completely into coal and is ready to be stifled in order to put it out? need some urgent answers to help with my personal project

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We get it dude, you vape.

Yea you are

burn the big particulates if you're going to make charcoal just burn the big particulates you can see coming out

That's right, NO open fires allowed in our backyards, whether in small, well-controlled pits or otherwise. We may, however, have as large a fire as we wish if we're burning natural gas..

at 1:07 he totally farted... HAHAHA

the smell must be delightful

the ultimate smoke bomb

Time to find a new method...

That is a LOT! of smoke!

You could make a lot of ramen noodle soup in that pot

I thought my clothes smelled smoky after a campfire..... hehehehe

Once the smoke gets thick, wouldn't it be ok to set it on fire? As long as the fire does not get inside, I don't see a problem with it. I've heard that for the ordinary citizen, making charcoal is illegal in the US because of the smoke produced.

damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the smoke still contains a lot of methane which is a 25 times stronger greenhouse gas than CO2. Which means it would be so much better to just burn te wood or at least set the smoke on fire in a chimney or whatever.

a hard time with the smoke yes?...why isnt the fire brigade on you back.?

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yeah that's absolutely right. at the very least pipe that gas your just venting off to a small engine or something and use it to power a grid tied generator so when your not using the power atleast your makeing money selling it back to the electric company.

Ozone masacre

did you not see he was responding to someone?

So in a manner o speaking this is much like a huge meat smoker minus the meat. So then you have a large amount of charcoal, you activate it through another process and you have activated charcoal.

the smoke will burn, light it. Will not change the charcoal process.

smoke'm if you gottem!

wood smoke is doing next to nothing to the atmosphere compared to factories and transportation. Its just that this seems worse because its a relatively high emission to sq meter ration

...and this just came from yet another guy connectted to the internet

Turn the vol. Up

What uses does charcoal have?

a bellows fan might help

Refereed this vid to all the crying sooks that complain about the bit of occasional smoke my oil burners put out. This can't be great for ones health. I'm sure no matter how much you tried to avoid it, you'd be sucking in a lot of smoke. I can't seem to get away from it with a camp fire let alone something like this. I'd be putting a big fan up above and to the side of the kiln so it at least tended to go in one direction and I could stand upwind. Don't know how the guy isn't crying like a baby with all that smoke in his eyes. I would be.

We get it. You vape

how to add good smell to charcoal

I hope you plant trees double the amount of what you cut. Save the environment.

When you hotbox and entire forest #420blazeit

1 onley you can prevent forest fires "Smokey"

You need to filter that smoke!

Did you have permission off of the fire brigade to do this