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Michael R asked in Environment · 1 decade ago

I have a lot of sawdust and glycerine (biodiesel byproduct). Anyone have experience making firelogs?

We produce about one 30 gallon garbage can of sawdust a week. These logs would be for outside camping use, most likely. We also have access to a machine shop, and could build a compression device also. This device would have to be easy to use and fairly time efficient. Thoughts?

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  • Doc
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    I'm no chemist, but are these the ingredients for dynamite?

  • 1 decade ago

    Yah, add some nitric acid to that glycerin (at cold cold temperatures) and through in the sawdust, you have good firelog himma go boom.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    look in to making wood pellets and selling them they work in corn stoves and pellet stoves and are selling good around here.

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