Robert Flanagan's Biochar Stove: Carbon Negative Cooking

[Aaron]

Robert Flanagan's Biochar Stove: Carbon Negative Cooking
David Yarrow, TERRAi: The Earth Restoration & Renewal Alliance, October 30, 2007


Robert Flanagan, a biochar pioneer with connections on four continents around the world, is among the few who rank as biochar's early advocates, innovators, researchers, and business developers. He remains on the creative cutting edge of biochar development and deployment.


Originally from Ireland, as a youth, Robert emigrated to Australia to work as industrial combustion-electric technician. Years later, researching investment options, he saw the BBC documentary The Secret of Eldorado. Research on terra preta led him to the U.S. in May 2004 to a University of Georgiai[email protected]

[adam ant]

so how do we build one?

[Aaron]

biochar stove

Hi Bryan,

I'm not sure. I talked to Robert and he is working on an updated version. He said he might have time to post some info here. He is really doing some incredible work with soil organisms, bio char, etc... He knows the chemistry, etc... inside and out.

[Carbon negative energy]

Update on my stove

Hi Guys,

I've just finished the latest update on the stove and I'm now super heating the secondary air and injecting it all around the outlet to get better combustion. I'm still waiting for the windup fan to come from the manufacturing company in China so all going well I'll have that in a week or so. I'll try and get a clip uploaded on youtube in the coming days so you can see the changes.

I've also got some great trials going here in Indonesia showing the positive effects of sound on seed germination and early plant development. The trial has got 10days left so I'll take lots of photos and also post on youtube.

Regards,
Rob.

[Aaron]

biochar stove video

Very efficient biochar stove...runs 1 hour on 1kg of bamboo and has good amount of biochar left. You can see there isn't smoke coming out the chimney.
YouTube - Natural draft woodgas stove

[Ewhaz]

I've been waiting to see how to build one of these, has there been any thing posted on how to build a biochar stove or are we just simply looking to produce coal?

[Aaron]

stove purpose

There are a lot of gasifier stove plans on the internet and Robert's is proprietary at the moment. He is involved with a lot of international projects on this and cannot release details yet.

Biochar...the charred biomass is one of the goals... so people can cook for nothing more than the cost of their own biomass and have the biomass converted to char to put back into ground to increase soil health for even more production and pulling more co2 out of air. It is a win/win cycle.

[wpage]

Wood gas yes

Like the idea of wood gassification using steel cans...

Interesting post

[rickoff]

Hmmm, no video

Hey folks,

You Tube says the video "has been removed by the user." Did Bob pull it, or is You Tube just pulling a fast one on us, as they have been doing lately?

Rick

[Aaron]

new vid

Hi Rick,

I'll ask if Robert has another he can post or maybe I can post it under my new acct.

[rickoff]

Thanks Aaron

Or maybe post it at EnergeticTube.com, so they can't mess with it?

BTW, what is your new account name?

Rick

[Aaron]

video account

Hi Rick,

YouTube - energeticforum's Channel

There are only 2 energy related vids out of 10 or so...plasma ones. I found a lot of vids that I will get online soon including ones I never posted.

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