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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-274--785807755 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bagasse is the word, but it means the pulpy stalks only AFTER the =20 juice has been pressed out. I wonder what the burned but not pressed =20 stalks are called? To jump to your firewood observation, some smaller wood is chipped for =20= the manufacture of wood pellets =96 this might be where you firewood =20 supplier's small wood is going. I know this is done in New Brunswick. =20= This was triggered when the US housing market collapsed, causing =20 closure of lumber mills in NB, reducing the supply of sawdust for =20 pellets. Some pellets are exported to Europe from New Brunswick. Cheers, Nancy Nancy Roberts Design Celebrating 19 years of making you look GOOD Dartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6 On 18-Nov-12, at 7:56 PM, Paul MacDonald wrote: > Hi Dave > That is in essence how sugar is produced from canes. > The begause ( Spelling? ) which is the canes from which the leaves =20 > have been burned > in the field is put through rollers which presses out the sugar sap. > The begause is then burned, the heat used to remove the water from > the sap and dry the sugar and the surplus heat is used to dry > the incoming begause so it burns better. > All the burning of course ends up with brown sugar which must be =20 > refined > in less energy efficient factories. > A very energy efficient operation but you better have an experienced =20= > man on hand > to direct things or it can end up with lots of trouble. > On an earlier post you talked about green versus dry wood. > The lad I get my firewood from tells me that this year forward he =20 > only supplies > wood above 15 cms - approximately. The smaller wood is chipped green > for heat but I never asked where the heat is produced. > Bigger wood costs too much to chip. Suits me fine! > Have a nice fall > Paul > > > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 7:05:25 PM > Subject: [NatureNS] Burning Forests PS > > Dear All, Nov 18, 2012 > After sending the e-mail earlier today I noticed that some of the =20= > waste heat (about 65% ?) from a plant of this type could be used to =20= > dry the chips before burning. When green wood is burned about 25% of =20= > the heat energy is used to evaporate water. So the waste heat would =20= > readily do this with ~40% left over for other purposes. > Yt, DW > > --Apple-Mail-274--785807755 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Bagasse is the word, but it = means the pulpy stalks only AFTER the juice has been pressed out. I = wonder what the burned but not pressed stalks are = called?<div><br></div><div>To jump to your firewood observation, some = smaller wood is chipped for the manufacture of wood pellets =96 this = might be where you firewood supplier's small wood is going. I know this = is done in New Brunswick. This was triggered when the US housing market = collapsed, causing closure of lumber mills in NB, reducing the supply of = sawdust for pellets.</div><div><br></div><div>Some pellets are exported = to Europe from New = Brunswick. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div= >Nancy<br><div> <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse:= separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline">Nancy Roberts = Design</div><div>C