drying sawdust

[borderfirewood]

I have a grain dryer, I was wondering if anybody knows if I can dry it in this?

Has anyone done this?

 

Thanks

[renewablejohn]

Have a look at this dryer on the farming forum

 

Storing & drying woodchips | The Farming Forum

 

"Smoking" well steam actually

[borderfirewood]

Have a look at this dryer on the farming forum

 

Storing & drying woodchips | The Farming Forum

 

"Smoking" well steam actually

Thanks renewablejohn. I just want to get my sawdust dry enough to bricket for my own use

[woodworm]

Wouldnt have thought so but best thing is to speak to the manufacturer.

[Goaty]

I assume the drier has adjustable temperature control. I know of a corn drier that fired due to daft combine driving. He had a hi tech combine at his disposal but ignored the settings and made a hash of setting it himself. Too much chaff in the grain. Chaff and husks I assume have very similar properties to sawdust.

[renewablejohn]

Thanks renewablejohn. I just want to get my sawdust dry enough to bricket for my own use

 

In that case buy yourself a diesel heater and use the diesel direct. To get woodchip dry enough to briquette it needs to be less than 12% MC and you will probably still have to put it through a hammer mill to get it fine enough so that the briquettes hold together. Commercially they reckon equivalent of 15% of woodchip heat is used to dry the chip which if your paying in diesel will be very expensive.

[Alycidon]

I have been processing some Sycamore this week, came in this time last year. Not tested the moisture yet but I think its 18%-20% probably. Remarkably dry considering the winter we have had.

 

A

[Logsnstuff]

I have been processing some Sycamore this week, came in this time last year. Not tested the moisture yet but I think its 18%-20% probably. Remarkably dry considering the winter we have had.

 

A

 

tested some beech & birch last week which was felled last august and processed in Feb and it's measuring 16-18% already it's been stored under a tarp which actually stayed on through the winter & seems the mosquito mesh is doing it's job.