Im glad I found you. I tend my own small 10 acre forest that abuts 35000 acres so fire prevention key. I will dig into your material over the coming months.
Re the water issue. Is a shovel and dirt not a good way to extinguish since we will incorporate with dirt as the final stage?
Great article. Would you not consider distributing 55 gal drums to burn sites? It will 1) replace kon-tikis that are costly, heavy to transport and burn out over time anyway 2) allow for quenching without the need for water 3) already in a drum that can easily be transported to a collection point or application site. Simply roll the drum on its side to smother the gas exit holes / oxygen entry holes. See this video by Dartmoor Dragon inventor (video 10 on his playlist on YT): https://youtu.be/zBtxYJtf2WM?si=OfW2RZIasn7jHXKt Cannot do anything about the burn pile scars though. Perhaps these ideas will kick start something in your fertile brain. ;-)
Hi Kobus, we have waaaay too much material to get much done with 55 gallon drums. The drums are great for small properties and gardens but we have thousands of acres to treat. Water is best for quenching and also applying biochar to forest soils as we spray and rake it thin. Water quenched biochar is hydrophilic and starts holding water in soil right away! We just need better ways to get the water to the piles. Filling bladder bags and portable collapsible water tanks (like an above-ground swimming pool) is one way. I also want to investigate additives to water that can increase it’s quenching ability so we use less. But need to make sure they are not toxic to soil.
Im glad I found you. I tend my own small 10 acre forest that abuts 35000 acres so fire prevention key. I will dig into your material over the coming months.
Re the water issue. Is a shovel and dirt not a good way to extinguish since we will incorporate with dirt as the final stage?
Great article. Would you not consider distributing 55 gal drums to burn sites? It will 1) replace kon-tikis that are costly, heavy to transport and burn out over time anyway 2) allow for quenching without the need for water 3) already in a drum that can easily be transported to a collection point or application site. Simply roll the drum on its side to smother the gas exit holes / oxygen entry holes. See this video by Dartmoor Dragon inventor (video 10 on his playlist on YT): https://youtu.be/zBtxYJtf2WM?si=OfW2RZIasn7jHXKt Cannot do anything about the burn pile scars though. Perhaps these ideas will kick start something in your fertile brain. ;-)
Hi Kobus, we have waaaay too much material to get much done with 55 gallon drums. The drums are great for small properties and gardens but we have thousands of acres to treat. Water is best for quenching and also applying biochar to forest soils as we spray and rake it thin. Water quenched biochar is hydrophilic and starts holding water in soil right away! We just need better ways to get the water to the piles. Filling bladder bags and portable collapsible water tanks (like an above-ground swimming pool) is one way. I also want to investigate additives to water that can increase it’s quenching ability so we use less. But need to make sure they are not toxic to soil.