October 1997

This afternoon I tested a scaled up version of the venturi burner.
The idea being to produce charcoal on a "viable" scale without the
high production of polluting gasses.

Much of this chimney flare was built out of heavy steel because that is what was available. There is no reason why the whole chimney couldn't be made out of sheet metal stove pipe.

Alex English 1997

The diagram above shows my attempt to optimize the combustion of the
gasses, using natural draft, from pyrolising wood which is ignited on the