Open Source Charcoal Blast Furnace
From Open Source Ecology
Basics
- One of the two main methods of Smelting (producing pure metals from oxides) (Along with Reduction Gasses such as hydrogen or syngas from an external source (See Also Hydrogen Reduction Smelting\
- Unless modified somehow (Look into this) an induction furnace can't do this
- Using hydrogen or syngas for reduction via producing the gas sperately can work as well, but this is more complex and probably doesn't scale down well (Needs More Research)
- This is an older tried and true method
- Will most likely use Charcoal or Charcoal Pellets, Spheres may be intresting
- Can this be dual function? as a gassifier when not in use as a blast furnace?
Industry Standards
- Most (or all? needs research) designs are larger scale that what OSE will most likely need (Large scale will most likely be via reduction gas as it is cleaner, yet is more complex and larger scale
Existing Open Soucre Designs
Minimum Viable Product
Basic Design
Main Body
- A Ceramic Tube/Cylendar With a Throat around the middle for holding the contents temporarily
Tuyres
- Need to determine how many, what diameter etc
- Tuyres
Forced Gas System
- Air or Oxygen, or Mix (Or Air-Oxy, or Air-Syngas, or Air-Hydrogen, or Hydo-Oxy? NEEDS MORE RESEARC)
Control System
Power Pannel
Charcoal/Biomas Auger + Storage
- A Simple Auger+Bin System
Ore/Feedstock Auger + Storage
- A Simple Auger+Bin System
Collection=
- Via Seperate Spouts, or Via A Funnel/Hole at base?
- Water Collection?
Insulation + Recovery
- Double Wall
- Basalt Fiber/Fiberglass Insulation?
- TECs?
- Water Heating/Steam Generation?
BOM
CAD
Controll Software
See Also
Useful Links