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Current News: Biochar Grant from UK Search Bodger's Hovel     Home I News I Biochar I Video I Audio I About I Links I Contact Video Enjoy our selection of Bodgey videos from Geoff... great to see so many videos made before it was too late. The videos shown below are in a rough order for educational purposes or watch them all one after the other in the top YouTube playlist.

Teaching - 1) Creating tins I 2) Pyrolysis process I 3) Combustibility I 4) Purple blooms 5) Charcoal stove I 6) Inverted drum I 7) Kiln building Interviews - NBN news I The Generator Other - Solar Dish

Playlist - with all teaching videos in one Watch all the videos one after the other in the same player here (about 40 minutes) or scroll down to watch them one at a time.

Individual teaching videos How to create tins for pyrolysis Top

This video shows Geoff describing how to do basic pyrolysis in the home fireplace or fuel stove and shows the different stages of pyrolysis.   Top

Combustibility of pyrolysed household items. Top

Purple blooms in pyrolysed charcoal. What are they and why do they disappear when you blow on them? Top

This stove runs on fan forced biochar combustion in a converted oil tin with a computer fan Top

This is a demonstration of how to prepare, pack, ignite, burn and evaluate a home-scale bulk pyrolyser to produce BioChar fuel and Agri-char just using an inverted drum and fire shroud. Top

Geoff demonstrates step by step instructions how to build his Pheonix 1 kiln from start to finish in order to produce good amounts of BioChar for fuel and Agri-Char for the home garden or farm. Complete.   Top

Interviews

Watch NBN News story on Sustainability Expo in WMV format or here is the YouTube version

Geoff joined the Generator to demonstrate the results of his pyrolisis using home made equipment that completely burns all the fuel in biomass without oxygen, leaving the carbon dioxide behind.

Other

A rare video of Geoff mucking around with his solar refector/collector

Teaching - 1) Creating tins I 2) Pyrolysis process I 3) Combustibility I 4) Purple blooms 5) Charcoal stove I 6) Inverted drum I 7) Kiln building Interviews - NBN news I The Generator Other - Solar Dish Top

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