MiniQuick Sawlex Demo run. Home Kiln theory Heat treat and dry firewood Firewood operation

It was great to see everyone at the Sawlex Expo in Morgantown, WV. We were able to complete a successful run of a Wood waste heated firewood kiln, which only too 18 hours to complete.

PICTURE GALLERY FROM SAWLEX EXPO
This is also how the kiln is normally transported. Inside the kiln we have 10 complete firewood baskets.	MiniQuick firewood kiln loaded with 10 firewood baskets, we used rollers and tracks on the trailer.
Top of the back side with both side chimneys and wireless antenna to communicate with computer, normally located in office.	Loading carriage for wood waste used to heat the kiln. We used about 1/2 cord of WET firewood from the Sawlex competition to HT and dry 4.5 cord of firewood.

Observations for HT/dry process in graph above:

In 10 hours we have met the USDA Heat treatment requirements of 160F inside the firewood for 75 minutes.
Due to the late start on May 29th at 6pm we were only able to run 18 hours instead of 22 hours, which would have made the firewood drier.
The firewood used to heat the kiln was fresh split and completely green firewood plus the size was larger than usual, but after a bit of problems get the fire going and the firebox temperature up we actually able to burn the WET firewood efficiently.
The kiln was loaded with 9 baskets (4 on top and 5 on the bottom).
We took four samples after the process from each basket and used a Delmhorst MC meter with 1/4" pins.
Final average MC content of firewood was about xx% on the outside and xx% in the core. (COMING SOON)

HOW THE WOOD WASTE HEATED MINIQUICK FIREWOOD KILN WORKS.

Actual MC readings after 16hr HT/Drying process
	TOP BASKET	BOTTOM BASKET
Row 1	Before: 45% MC (37,45,45,54) Outside: 16% MC (11,18,13,23) Core:36% MC (38,34,32,40)	Before: --% MC (None taken) Outside: 26% MC (26,24,19,26) Core:41% MC (42,43,35,43)
Row 2	Before: 61% MC (49,70,53,70) Outside: 14% MC (13,11,21,11) Core:38% MC (43,37,39,23)	Before: 54% MC (70,45,52,48) Outside: 20% MC (15,21,18,25) Core:37% MC (34,400,34,38)
Row 3	Before: 49% MC (45,47,47,56) Outside: 15% MC (13,20,16,10) Core:40% MC (37,36,49,38)	Before: 49% MC (70,40,43,42) Outside: 16% MC (12,16,11,24) Core:37% MC (36,35,38,39)
Row 4	NOT LOADED	Before: 43% MC (38,47,41,45) Outside: 19% MC (22,15,24,13) Core:37% MC (35,40,39,32)
Row 5	Before: 47% MC (45,49,47,48) Outside: 17% MC (14,19,13,23) Core:YY37% MC (25,40,38,45)	Before: 49% MC (38,52,46,58) Outside: 14% MC (11,15,15,14) Core:34% MC (34,36,30,37)

Start MC:	50% wood moisture content
End MC (core)	37.5% wood moisture content	(bottom avg: 37.3%, Top avg: 37.7%)
End MC (outside)	17.7% wood moisture content	(bottom avg: 19%, Top avg: 16.3%)

MiniQuick Sawlex Demo run. Home Kiln theory Heat treat and dry firewood Firewood operation

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