[NatureNS] Burning Forests PS

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Thank you Nancy for the proper spelling of "Bagasse".=0AI only guessed at t=
he spelling and having heard it pronounced=0Awith varying accents - I wasn'=
t sure. But English is a great language=0Aget it close and people will know=
 what you mean.=0AYes they do sell wood pellets for those kind of stoves.=
=0AOne winter they brought them here from USA. I don't=0Aknow if any produc=
ed in NS.=0AHave a nice fall - and keep making folks look good!=0APaul=0A=
=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Nancy Roberts <nancy.robert=
s@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Monday, November =
19, 2012 9:17:10 AM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Burning Forests PS=0A =0A=0AB=
agasse 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 calle=
d?=0A=0ATo jump to your firewood observation, some smaller wood is chipped =
for the manufacture of wood pellets =E2=80=93 this might be where you firew=
ood supplier's small wood is going. I know this is done in New Brunswick. T=
his was triggered when the US housing market collapsed, causing closure of =
lumber mills in NB, reducing the supply of sawdust for pellets.=0A=0ASome p=
ellets are exported to Europe from New Brunswick.=C2=A0=0A=0ACheers,=0A=0AN=
ancy=0A=0A=0ANancy Roberts Design=0ACelebrating 19 years of making you look=
 GOOD=0A=0ADartmouth, NS B2Y 2X6=0A=0A=0A =0A=0AOn 18-Nov-12, at 7:56 PM, P=
aul MacDonald wrote:=0A=0AHi Dave=0A>That is in essence how sugar is produc=
ed from canes.=0A>The begause ( Spelling? ) which is the canes from which t=
he leaves have been burned=0A>in the field is put through rollers which pre=
sses out the sugar sap.=0A>The begause is then burned, the heat used to rem=
ove the water from=0A>the sap and dry the sugar and the surplus heat is use=
d to dry=0A>the incoming begause so it=C2=A0burns better.=C2=A0=0A>All the =
burning of course ends up with brown sugar which must be refined=0A>in less=
 energy efficient factories.=0A>A very energy efficient operation but you b=
etter have an experienced man on hand=0A>to direct things or it can end up =
with lots of trouble.=C2=A0=0A>On an earlier post you talked about green ve=
rsus dry wood.=0A>The lad I get my firewood from tells me that this year fo=
rward he only supplies=0A>wood above 15 cms - approximately. The smaller wo=
od is chipped green=0A>for heat but I never asked where the heat is produce=
d.=0A>Bigger wood costs too much to chip. Suits me fine!=0A>Have a nice fal=
l=0A>Paul=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>________________________________=0A> From:=
 David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>=0A>To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca=
 =0A>Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 7:05:25 PM=0A>Subject: [NatureNS] Burn=
ing Forests PS=0A> =0A>Dear All,=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Nov 18, 2012=0A>=C2=A0  After sending the e-mai=
l earlier today I noticed that some of the waste heat (about 65% ?) from a =
plant of this type could be used to dry the chips before burning. When gree=
n wood is burned about 25% of the heat energy is used to evaporate water. S=
o the waste heat would readily do this with ~40% left over for other purpos=
es.=0A>Yt, DW =0A>=0A>=0A>
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<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti=
mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Thank you =
Nancy for the proper spelling of "Bagasse".</span></div><div style=3D"color=
: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york'=
, times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I=
 only guessed at the spelling and having heard it pronounced</span></div><d=
iv style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new r=
oman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:=
 normal;"><span>with varying accents - I wasn't sure. But English is a grea=
t language</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; =
font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color:=
 transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>get it close and people will know =
what you mean.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16=
px;
 font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color=
: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Yes they do sell wood pellets for=
 those kind of stoves.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-=
size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; backg=
round-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>One winter they brough=
t them here from USA. I don't</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0)=
; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif=
; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>know if any pro=
duced in NS.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px=
; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-colo=
r: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Have a nice fall - and keep maki=
ng folks look good!</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-siz=
e: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;
 background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Paul</span></div=
><div><br></div>  <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york',=
 times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: 'times new rom=
an', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font s=
ize=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1">  <b><span style=3D"font-weight:bo=
ld;">From:</span></b> Nancy Roberts &lt;nancy.roberts@ns.sympatico.ca&gt;<b=
r> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> naturens@chebucto.n=
s.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, No=
vember 19, 2012 9:17:10 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"font