Just a tip....wile you bio-coal is still hot...dump it out on the platform and and hose it down immediately to make it " pop" . That " pop" is what you want, because it for forms millions and millions of these micro- porous structures that can house more micro organisms and moisture
That's very close to what I use here in Australia. The only differences I can see is mine has slightly bigger lower vents and an angle iron tripod to lift the inner barrel off the bottom by about 50mm. I mostly burn eucalyptus branches from the trees on my property. How do you process your charcoal for use in the garden? I dampen mine a bit then put it through a mulcher (basically a small hammer mill) to crush it into small pieces. The charcoal needs to be damp, but not wet. Too dry and it turns to dust, too wet and it makes a paste that clogs up the mulcher.
Nice job, excellent charcoal. To do biochar you need to inoculate and charge that a few weeks with Water & Nitrogen (Urine, sugars) then mix if possible with compost, Worm casting, rock-powder, forest wood or other fungus sources .. ^^
Loved your method of making charcoal as recycling is always in my mind whatever i do. Just wondering if you can make a vid which shows how go cut off the top of the bid drum to make the lid that fits so well. It costs almost nothing to make wonderful product. To me, you are a great man. Thanks for sharing knowledge. Subscribed
Hello! Thanks for your comment. Concerning to cutting off the lid it is not big matter. Just cut off by grinder. There is no need for fitting well. But edge of inside drum should tightly laying to the bottom of outside drum. Good luck!
More economical. More useful. Farmers and gardeners of developing countries should observe and grow good food and protect the soil and their families and give a good soil to the next generations. 👍 Sivaramakrisnaiah R.o.vijayawada (city) Andhra Pradesh ( state) South India
on the outer drum you have upper holes in line where as at the bottom you have 3 straight holes in line and i between 3 holes in traiangle shape. can you explain this holing method any particulae reason to make holes in particular shapes
Thank you for comment. There is no reason making the holes liner or triangle. Bigger holes are for better oxygen uptake. Just do any shape holes. Good luck!
Bio char is actually activated charcoal. You extinguish with water to create microfractures in the charcoal. Will still work in a similar way when mixed in the soil just less efficient but last longer. Just empty my batch from yesterday. special food grade mix from local hardwood. Yummy
@@Vegetablesasmedicine I mean the wood which combusts outside of the retort. I keep using a torch to light fires, too, although I'm thinking there must be a better way
@@iamtmckendryI use vegetable oil to start my fire when the wood isn't super dry. Works really well. You don't need that much. I then add some alcohol bc it has a lower flame point (?) so that the fire starts with just one match. Be careful though if you add alcohol. It's quite flammable.
No holes per say. But there is the small gap between the loosely wired lid and the barrel. That is needed so the vapors and wood gas driven off by the heat can escape and be burned.
Merhaba bir kaç sorum var lütfen cevap veriniz 1 her ağacın kömürü olur mu? 2 kaç dakika yandıktan sonra delikler kapatılıyor 3 delikleri kapattıktan ne kadar süre sonra açıyorsunuz?
Я бы не назвал этот метод самым эффективным. Сам процесс передачи тепла от горящего топлива устроен не лучшим образом, бОльшая часть тепла уходит в трубу прямым ходом и ещё значительная потеря тепла. через металлические стенки наружной бочки ... вместо неё надо хорошую кирпичную кладку с утеплением, хоть золой и во вторых вывод дыма должен быть не сверху, а по крайней мере посередине, а лучше в самом низу, для чего топливные дрова должны не прикасаться к стенкам печки, образуя кольцевой канал к которому снизу должен быть приделан выход в высокую трубу, выше той, что у тебя сейчас раза в три, для хорошей тяги. Тогда затраты топлива будут меньше.
@@Vegetablesasmedicine OK. I would not to name this process atmost efficient. There are big losses. First loss is due to direct up draft tube, so the hottest combastion gases go directly to the sky. You need to make doble shell aroun of your retort. The fuel must be in the inner annular spase and then gases must make a turn and go down to the bottom of outer annular passage where need to be the duct to the draft tube three times taller than now. So amount of heat transfered to the retort will increase. Second loss of heat through metall outer barrel. It would be better to use breeck wall around the retort barrel and so for outer one. Even more savings may be got if to use heat exchanger to heat incoming combastion air... It is all more complicated of course than Your device but then You would call it Very effisient production of charcoal... Good luck in Your projects!
@@patrickmihajlovic4112it's @11:15 in the caption at the bottom of the screen... "Inoculate it with microbes" 😅 But I agree, the video was really "making charcoal" than Biochar.
@MushInSkull I think what you guys are trying to say is "activated biochar"... Charcoal is made with lower temperatures and the goal is to retain as much of the tree oils/resins as possible to allow use as a fuel to burn... Wheras biochar is made with higher temperatures goal being to remove as much oils/resins as possible, this allows space for microbes and water to penetrate. Hope that helps.
Not the most efficient though. All that heat wasted. If your retort were to be inside an indoor stove, the heat could be used for space-heating or cooking. I make several small batches of char every night when I'm running my cleanburn woodstove - all the energy from the wood gas just adds to the heat the stove gives out, keeping the house warm and enabling me to cook, boil kettles, get bathwater and dry fruit.
Burning 20 gallons worth of biomass down to ashes to char 35 gallons worth of biomass is actually the least efficient way to produce biochar. Not to mention that this method isn't very time efficient either.
How to achieve the same with less cost like this man does? The materials seem from rubbish dumps. He recycles stuffs that are no longer of use. Great man with great method. I don't like spending hundreds od dollars go buy flashy charcoal maker like the one from Switzerland that i have seen in other videos. In terms of time, i don't think he stands idly doing nothing for 9+5 hours waiting for charcoal. I love this method but not too sure how to cut off the top of the big drum to make the lid that fits well like that. I'll look further into his channel hoping to find and his vids how to make it. His methods are deserved congrats than being criticized . Is there any vids about making charcoal without generating carbon that you have seen mr? Pls provide a link. Much appreciated. I do hope you comeback to this vid and see my response.
@@VanLe-ex8hr Kon-Tiki / pit bur method. Google "democratisation of biochar" no materials needed except for a shovel to dig a hole in the ground. Much more biochar produced in the same amount of time and can be done from tree prunings. The method in this video is a smoky mess as can be seen in the majority of videos about this particular method, it's difficult to get all parameters right. Pit burn method is easier and can produce much higher temperatures.
@@VanLe-ex8hras for how he cuts the drum to make the lid fit, he doesn't. He starts out with a drum which has a removable lid and a clamp to hold it closed.
Thank you for comment. It is also environmentally friendly method. Concerning to cutting the lid I do not cut. There is drum with removable lid. Good luck!
@@CarbonConscious I agree, the cone pit method does look pretty efficient, and only requires a shovel or other digging tool to make. However, you constantly have to monitor the burn and add another layer when the top starts to ash over. The barrel in barrel retort is a more "as seen on TV, set it and forget it" method. Not that it should be forgotten about for the five+ hours it took to burn, but nothing is added once you get started.
@@Vegetablesasmedicine Then a truck would be your crusher. You still need a crusher. I have the exact same biochar maker. Do not have a truck tire or truck for that matter. Still need a good crusher without having to buy truck or truck tire. I like it really fine and then I soak in in worm juice from my vermiculture bathtub.
A nice simple way to make CHARCOAL.... ? yes ! Efficient way to produce charcoal...? No, not at all ! 😂 + BIOchar must exist exclusively in the dreams of this creator !!? Or he simply has read the word "biochar" elsewhere on YT and is in fact totaly clueless what the term biochar means !? "MOST effective way...." 😂😂😂😂 Words didn't mean ANYTHING ANYMORE in this weird times of " diaper don and alternative facts" !
Cody from codieslab did a video comparing the tort and pit method and got similar weight results at the end. { C5oI7pZpOK8 } Since it takes less money to do the pit method, its more efficient that way. But there is a difference in quality. The pit method has less crisp char when bitten into but similar absorbing properties. He also made a video of how to convert the biochar into activated carbon and test it with a titration method to compare its quality with store brand versions. { GNKeps6pIao }
Biochar is also very high in ph. I learned that the hard way when using it as a soil substrate alternative. My water nutrient ph whent from 6.4 to 11 in three days, even though I rinsed it twice before using it. Today, I just finished boiling it for three hours with some ph-down chemicals and hopefully it would stabilize the ph.
Thank you for your comment. I watched the Cody’s video. I’ve made biochar by both ways pit and barrel. I felt barrel method is easy to handling. Load barrels and lighten it and just leave it for 4-5hours. It will ready.
finally someone who doesn't say anything and shows everything I was interested in, thank you good man
Very well explained. Thank you and its surely helpful to many. 👌
This is the best video ❤
Yep! This will be my preferred method of starting this project. Have watched so many videos and this will suit me fine. Many thanks
Just a tip....wile you bio-coal is still hot...dump it out on the platform and and hose it down immediately to make it " pop" .
That " pop" is what you want, because it for forms millions and millions of these micro- porous structures that can house more micro organisms and moisture
I never knew that. Thank you for the hot tip! 🔥
I have been doing that already, but very glad to know
First off, I liked the 🎶.
Secondly, you did a good job showing barrels and method. words can be just so many words
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Thank you for your comment. Good luck!
U make it look easy! Great tutorial and music! Ty
Thank you for comment. You can also do it!
Excellent
Thank you for sharing! I have been fixing to make charcoal and this makes it easy:)
You are welcome! I am glad to hear that. Good luck!
Easy method and effective as well. Love it
Thanks for your comment.
That's very close to what I use here in Australia. The only differences I can see is mine has slightly bigger lower vents and an angle iron tripod to lift the inner barrel off the bottom by about 50mm. I mostly burn eucalyptus branches from the trees on my property.
How do you process your charcoal for use in the garden? I dampen mine a bit then put it through a mulcher (basically a small hammer mill) to crush it into small pieces. The charcoal needs to be damp, but not wet. Too dry and it turns to dust, too wet and it makes a paste that clogs up the mulcher.
Just learned something from you. Thank you
Nice job, excellent charcoal. To do biochar you need to inoculate and charge that a few weeks with Water & Nitrogen (Urine, sugars) then mix if possible with compost, Worm casting, rock-powder, forest wood or other fungus sources .. ^^
Thank you for comment. As you said I always do.
The whole video was how to make charcoal not biochar ! it only becomes bio-char once its innoculated.
@@adrianfielder4675 you are right! After crushing and inoculating it would be biochar.
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How do you inoculate and with what? This is my first time watching about this. Thank you!!✌️
Great job thanks
Simply...Perfect.
Congrats.
Thank you very much.
great job! simple and cheap..
You are genius.
Loved your method of making charcoal as recycling is always in my mind whatever i do. Just wondering if you can make a vid which shows how go cut off the top of the bid drum to make the lid that fits so well. It costs almost nothing to make wonderful product. To me, you are a great man. Thanks for sharing knowledge. Subscribed
Hello! Thanks for your comment. Concerning to cutting off the lid it is not big matter. Just cut off by grinder. There is no need for fitting well. But edge of inside drum should tightly laying to the bottom of outside drum. Good luck!
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One way example to be recomanded practised at my farm..thank's ..
Very good videos you have
Thank you. I will try my best.
Благодарю! Сначала хотел поржать на способом, но вовремя прикрыл рот ))) Идея сжигания пиролиза очень порадовала! Моя признательность!
Спасибо за благодарность. При выполнений био-уголя мы должны думать об окрушем природе. Чем меньше дыма тем лучше! Дым это энергия, её надо жечь.
Thanks! Good one.
You are welcome! Good luck.
Great Video ❤
Thank you.
It seems good
More economical. More useful. Farmers and gardeners of developing countries should observe and grow good food and protect the soil and their families and give a good soil to the next generations.
👍 Sivaramakrisnaiah
R.o.vijayawada (city)
Andhra Pradesh ( state)
South India
Awesome tecnich
Thank you!
Excellent. Thank you
Wood gases out of small barrel will be burn at the bottom of big barrel? There is enough space to do so?
Very² amazing....👍👍
Thank you!
Thank you!
How much weight of charcoal you get from woods ؟
6kgs of biochar.
Very beautiful Charcoal. Loved watching the video. Thank U.
You are welcome. Thank you for your comment. Wish you all the best
Good idea brother
Thanks bro!
cepat, bersih. luar biasa,.mantab. CONGRATS.
wonderful
Thank you! Wish you all the best!
on the outer drum you have upper holes in line where as at the bottom you have 3 straight holes in line and i between 3 holes in traiangle shape. can you explain this holing method any particulae reason to make holes in particular shapes
Thank you for comment. There is no reason making the holes liner or triangle. Bigger holes are for better oxygen uptake. Just do any shape holes. Good luck!
Brilliant
que bueno ese método saludos y gracias
Hi do you add wood only at the beginning or do you add more wood to the burning area in the middle of the burn process to keep the fire going?
I fill all spaces between the drums and top by wood. Watch again my video. Good luck!
Bio char is actually activated charcoal. You extinguish with water to create microfractures in the charcoal.
Will still work in a similar way when mixed in the soil just less efficient but last longer.
Just empty my batch from yesterday. special food grade mix from local hardwood. Yummy
Thank you for comment. Actually I forgot to say after crashing the charcoal to inoculate it. Do you have any video making a biochar?
What do you use to inoculate?
Sweet! Would it be more efficient to soak the burn area in vegetable oil instead of torch use?
Thanks for your comment. What you mean burn area of what? Burn area of wood or barrel?
@@Vegetablesasmedicine I mean the wood which combusts outside of the retort. I keep using a torch to light fires, too, although I'm thinking there must be a better way
@@iamtmckendryI use vegetable oil to start my fire when the wood isn't super dry. Works really well. You don't need that much. I then add some alcohol bc it has a lower flame point (?) so that the fire starts with just one match. Be careful though if you add alcohol. It's quite flammable.
Good job tell me what way the coal is charged with water, nitrogen, urine and sugar
Thanks for your comment. I inoculate biochar with microbes such as lactobacillus and yeast liquid. You can just put a biochar to your compost pile.
@@Vegetablesasmedicine Dissolve the urea in the water and then spray it on. biochar. Do you get biochar rich in nitrogen?
@@toutitouti9026 I think that is good way too.
@@Vegetablesasmedicine Thank you my dear friend
@@toutitouti9026 you are welcome.
How many holes in the inner container?
No holes.
No holes per say. But there is the small gap between the loosely wired lid and the barrel.
That is needed so the vapors and wood gas driven off by the heat can escape and be burned.
Merhaba bir kaç sorum var lütfen cevap veriniz
1 her ağacın kömürü olur mu?
2 kaç dakika yandıktan sonra delikler kapatılıyor
3 delikleri kapattıktan ne kadar süre sonra açıyorsunuz?
How many uses do you get for the parts before they start burning out and need to be replaced?
Hello. I am sorry. I do not understand you question! What you mean how asking how many? You mean kilos?
@@Vegetablesasmedicine no i mean your equipment. How many times can you make a batch of biochar before your barrel starts to break
@@sackingsjw55 Oh,I see. I heard it is about ten runs. Right now I’ve made six runs.
I believe there is supposed to be at least a small hole where it’s being made to let gasses out was my understanding
Why the fire was lose when i cover the lid
Please wait for a while until fire catches all of wood putted in top parts of barrel! Good luck.
U spend how many time to the burn catches all off wood.
I spend 15mins but the burn still doesn’t catches wood.
@@quoctruongpham3211 For me it is takes 3-4minutes to fire catches of wood. Use well dried wood, then everything will be alright.
Thanks
You are welcome!
That’s the way I make charcoal.
You might say the “Set it and forget it” method.
Yea, you are right! Exactly
I use the less complicated, doo two batches at once and drink a lot of beers 😂
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ありがとう👍
どういたしまして。
You can use the ashes for fertilizer if you didn't use a propellant. Fertilizer, and charcoal, inoculate it with the ashes. Bio char
Thank you for your advice. I’ll do that.
Я бы не назвал этот метод самым эффективным. Сам процесс передачи тепла от горящего топлива устроен не лучшим образом, бОльшая часть тепла уходит в трубу прямым ходом и ещё значительная потеря тепла. через металлические стенки наружной бочки ... вместо неё надо хорошую кирпичную кладку с утеплением, хоть золой и во вторых вывод дыма должен быть не сверху, а по крайней мере посередине, а лучше в самом низу, для чего топливные дрова должны не прикасаться к стенкам печки, образуя кольцевой канал к которому снизу должен быть приделан выход в высокую трубу, выше той, что у тебя сейчас раза в три, для хорошей тяги. Тогда затраты топлива будут меньше.
English please.
@@Vegetablesasmedicine OK. I would not to name this process atmost efficient. There are big losses. First loss is due to direct up draft tube, so the hottest combastion gases go directly to the sky. You need to make doble shell aroun of your retort. The fuel must be in the inner annular spase and then gases must make a turn and go down to the bottom of outer annular passage where need to be the duct to the draft tube three times taller than now. So amount of heat transfered to the retort will increase. Second loss of heat through metall outer barrel. It would be better to use breeck wall around the retort barrel and so for outer one. Even more savings may be got if to use heat exchanger to heat incoming combastion air... It is all more complicated of course than Your device but then You would call it Very effisient production of charcoal... Good luck in Your projects!
ਕਿੰਨਾ ਸਮਾਂ ਲੱਗਦਾ ਰਡ ਕੰਮ ਨੂੰ
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Sir may I know is there any difference between this double drum method and the single drum method?
Thanks for comment. Big difference. In single drum wood might be to turn to ash.
Where's the directions?
Direction to what?
@@Vegetablesasmedicine maybe I wasn't paying attention but I think I felt like I was watching a slient film
Les go im at vegetables as medicines house🥳
You wanna see my house? Sure. Nothing special.
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I think you used every possible song in the program 😅
Yes, I do.
not much different that what has been posted before...but then again, anyone making biochar gets my attention
I felt quit bit difference. First the volume of biochar and time then drum method is easy to handle. Anyway thanks for your comment.
I must have missed the "bio part" of this operation totaly!?? 😂😂
Biochar memang bagus buat tanaman
@@patrickmihajlovic4112it's @11:15 in the caption at the bottom of the screen...
"Inoculate it with microbes" 😅
But I agree, the video was really "making charcoal" than Biochar.
@MushInSkull I think what you guys are trying to say is "activated biochar"...
Charcoal is made with lower temperatures and the goal is to retain as much of the tree oils/resins as possible to allow use as a fuel to burn...
Wheras biochar is made with higher temperatures goal being to remove as much oils/resins as possible, this allows space for microbes and water to penetrate.
Hope that helps.
Not the most efficient though. All that heat wasted. If your retort were to be inside an indoor stove, the heat could be used for space-heating or cooking. I make several small batches of char every night when I'm running my cleanburn woodstove - all the energy from the wood gas just adds to the heat the stove gives out, keeping the house warm and enabling me to cook, boil kettles, get bathwater and dry fruit.
Wow, wonderful advice. Thank you very much! I will try as you recommended. Good wishes!
Burning 20 gallons worth of biomass down to ashes to char 35 gallons worth of biomass is actually the least efficient way to produce biochar.
Not to mention that this method isn't very time efficient either.
How to achieve the same with less cost like this man does? The materials seem from rubbish dumps. He recycles stuffs that are no longer of use. Great man with great method. I don't like spending hundreds od dollars go buy flashy charcoal maker like the one from Switzerland that i have seen in other videos. In terms of time, i don't think he stands idly doing nothing for 9+5 hours waiting for charcoal. I love this method but not too sure how to cut off the top of the big drum to make the lid that fits well like that. I'll look further into his channel hoping to find and his vids how to make it. His methods are deserved congrats than being criticized . Is there any vids about making charcoal without generating carbon that you have seen mr? Pls provide a link. Much appreciated. I do hope you comeback to this vid and see my response.
@@VanLe-ex8hr Kon-Tiki / pit bur method. Google "democratisation of biochar" no materials needed except for a shovel to dig a hole in the ground. Much more biochar produced in the same amount of time and can be done from tree prunings.
The method in this video is a smoky mess as can be seen in the majority of videos about this particular method, it's difficult to get all parameters right.
Pit burn method is easier and can produce much higher temperatures.
@@VanLe-ex8hras for how he cuts the drum to make the lid fit, he doesn't. He starts out with a drum which has a removable lid and a clamp to hold it closed.
Thank you for comment. It is also environmentally friendly method. Concerning to cutting the lid I do not cut. There is drum with removable lid. Good luck!
@@CarbonConscious I agree, the cone pit method does look pretty efficient, and only requires a shovel or other digging tool to make. However, you constantly have to monitor the burn and add another layer when the top starts to ash over.
The barrel in barrel retort is a more "as seen on TV, set it and forget it" method. Not that it should be forgotten about for the five+ hours it took to burn, but nothing is added once you get started.
Now invent the crusher.
No need a crusher. Just put under truck tire.
@@Vegetablesasmedicine Then a truck would be your crusher. You still need a crusher. I have the exact same biochar maker. Do not have a truck tire or truck for that matter. Still need a good crusher without having to buy truck or truck tire. I like it really fine and then I soak in in worm juice from my vermiculture bathtub.
Хийж үзнээ. Баялалаа. 1м2 талбайд хэдэн кг био нүүрс орох вэ
Зүгээр ээ! Норм байхгүй. Их тусмаа л улам сайн. Жил бүр бага багаар ч болов хийгээд байх хэрэгтэй.
A nice simple way to make CHARCOAL.... ? yes !
Efficient way to produce charcoal...? No, not at all ! 😂
+ BIOchar must exist exclusively in the dreams of this creator !!?
Or he simply has read the word "biochar" elsewhere on YT and is in fact totaly clueless what the term biochar means !?
"MOST effective way...." 😂😂😂😂
Words didn't mean ANYTHING ANYMORE in this weird times of " diaper don and alternative facts" !
Thank you for your comment. If have own video making biochar please drop the link! Thank you!
Music not necessary…
Cody from codieslab did a video comparing the tort and pit method and got similar weight results at the end. { C5oI7pZpOK8 }
Since it takes less money to do the pit method, its more efficient that way. But there is a difference in quality. The pit method has less crisp char when bitten into but similar absorbing properties.
He also made a video of how to convert the biochar into activated carbon and test it with a titration method to compare its quality with store brand versions. { GNKeps6pIao }
Biochar is also very high in ph. I learned that the hard way when using it as a soil substrate alternative. My water nutrient ph whent from 6.4 to 11 in three days, even though I rinsed it twice before using it.
Today, I just finished boiling it for three hours with some ph-down chemicals and hopefully it would stabilize the ph.
The barrel method is better for making activated carbon than for bio-char.
Thank you for your comment. I watched the Cody’s video. I’ve made biochar by both ways pit and barrel. I felt barrel method is easy to handling. Load barrels and lighten it and just leave it for 4-5hours. It will ready.
@@eromod mix with compost and em-1 effective microbes(ph 3.5) it will balance out.
What chemicals? Sulfur?
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