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Easily constructed with [[CEB]] or Concrete, a Kiln serves a wide number of useful functions | Easily constructed with [[CEB]] or Concrete, a Kiln serves a wide number of useful functions | ||
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*[[Gasifier]] - Heat | *[[Gasifier]] - Heat | ||
*[[CEBs]] - Bricks | *[[CEBs]] - Bricks | ||
*[[Pelletizer]] - Dries pellets | |||
'''Creates''' | '''Creates''' | ||
*Cement (clay + lime) for [[Concrete Mixer]]. | *[[Lumber]] (dried) | ||
* | *[[Charcoal]] (via wood [[pyrolysis]] | ||
*[[Cement]] (clay + lime) for [[Concrete Mixer]]. | |||
*[[Glass]] | |||
*Metal (from ore) | *[[Metal]] (smelted from ore) | ||
*Bricks (fired) | *[[Bricks]] (fired) | ||
*[[Pellets]] | |||
=Applications= | |||
===Wood Drying=== | |||
A freshly felled tree cut into logs and run through the [[Sawmill]] will produce [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_wood Green Wood]. While viable as a construction material in many applications, green lumber has a nasty habit of warping and shrinking over time (which can cause issues). | |||
One approach toward addressing this is simple air drying. The lumber is stacked in a clean, cool, dry and shady area, atop raised foundations, with spacers (called stickers) laid crossways at regular intervals for ventilation. While air-drying [[Sawmill]] lumber is a viable option (and produces high-quality lumber), it is a process that can take months to years. | |||
A kiln accelerates this process by rapidly heating and drying the lumber, enabling on demand fabrication of wood products. | |||
===Bricks=== | |||
Additional structural strength can be gained from [[CEBs]] upon firing in a kiln (although this is unnecessary in many applications]]. | |||
Revision as of 20:47, 4 September 2011
Overview
A kiln is a giant oven that enables the hardening, burning, drying, or firing of materials.
Easily constructed with CEB or Concrete, a Kiln serves a wide number of useful functions
Research
Product Ecology
Kiln
Made of
- CEB - walls, floor
- Concrete Mixer - Concrete
- Controller Box - Temperature controls
Uses
- Sawmill - Lumber
- Gasifier - Heat
- CEBs - Bricks
- Pelletizer - Dries pellets
Creates
- Lumber (dried)
- Charcoal (via wood pyrolysis
- Cement (clay + lime) for Concrete Mixer.
- Glass
- Metal (smelted from ore)
- Bricks (fired)
- Pellets
Applications
Wood Drying
A freshly felled tree cut into logs and run through the Sawmill will produce Green Wood. While viable as a construction material in many applications, green lumber has a nasty habit of warping and shrinking over time (which can cause issues).
One approach toward addressing this is simple air drying. The lumber is stacked in a clean, cool, dry and shady area, atop raised foundations, with spacers (called stickers) laid crossways at regular intervals for ventilation. While air-drying Sawmill lumber is a viable option (and produces high-quality lumber), it is a process that can take months to years.
A kiln accelerates this process by rapidly heating and drying the lumber, enabling on demand fabrication of wood products.
Bricks
Additional structural strength can be gained from CEBs upon firing in a kiln (although this is unnecessary in many applications]].