BLACK COAL

Black coal (ebony, Kurozumi, UK : Soft charcoal ) and is, wood and earthen furnace use a carbide was charcoal is. Main component is nearly carbon is, a very small amount alkali salt contains.

The Nature of Black Coal

Black coal is mainly oak, oak, oak, etc. are charcoal at a relatively low temperature in a dedicated earthen furnace, it has been prepared by sealed extinguished charcoal is.

Charcoal typified by hard charcoal major difference between is in the process, hard charcoal is compared to an internal temperature at the time of refining is about 1000 degrees, black coal is the about 700 degrees from 400 degrees . However, in recent years to refining at a high temperature to reach the equivalent of 1000 degrees and during the hard charcoal refining, carbide rate hard charcoal equivalent of eucalyptus there is also a high-quality black coal using the material and the like.

The main difference between black charcoal and hard charcoal is a fire fighting method, hard charcoal is scraped out of the kiln in a state where the burning, but to quench fire suppression over the white poppy powder, even in chimney in helping black coal is that the lid to the opening-fired the lid, there is a point to be extinguished over time like a pot off in the presence of an acid deficiency.

Black coal is soft compared to the hard charcoal, can be ignited by a relatively easy ignition agent and a burner than hard charcoal, combustion temperature and force of flames itself is strong, easy to ignite.

Brand

It brand of black coal, but there is a charcoal using a variety of trees in various places. The typical black coal,

• Hokkaido charcoal (second only to Iwate in the production volume)
• Iwate "Iwate Kirizumi" (tree species is mostly Nara. Japan Iwate Prefecture charcoal Association top share in a unified brand. Black coal production volume of)
• Akita charcoal (black coal, Nara in White Charcoal both)
• Gifu "Kamiishizu Tokiyama charcoal" (tree species is oak, oak, etc.)
• Hyogo "Ikeda charcoal" (tree species is oak)
• Kochi "Tosa black coal" (tree species is oak)
• Kumamoto "Kashiki charcoal"

Uses

The main use of black carbon is fuel. In recent years, there is a strong demand in the barbeque applications.

Although there is a case in which is also used in traditional heating that uses a gradual combustion of buried in ash, such as a fireplace, it is necessary ventilation for the components derived from carbon monoxide and wood vinegar is more likely to occur during combustion, in recent years it is very dangerous in a high thermal insulation and high air-tight housing.

In black coal sausage barbecue

Black coal applications is different, it has been effectively utilized in various fields.

It was molded by the grounds of tea of ​​coffee beans in black coal "Haikaro charcoal

Fuel
Deodorant, Deodorization, Dehumi

The black coal There are a lot of small gap, it is possible to adsorb moisture and odor there. In addition to deodorant and dehumidification of room and storage space, it is also used in the whole house dehumidifier to spread under the floor. In order to lose dehumidification deodorizing ability with the lapse of time, or to be dried regularly sun-dried, it is preferable to replace every few years.

Blacksmith, Forging, Pottery

Forging, the black coal is used to burn at a high temperature. Mainly strong firepower, Songtan, Kurisumi, miscellaneous trees charcoal is used, has been referred to as a blacksmith charcoal collectively. Contains a lot of combustible components other than carbon, such as resin, and blowing 1000 degrees or more of the high temperature is obtained, (which is dangerous because of Using the blacksmith charcoal back to the cooking and heating sparks and smoke odor) it is essential to forging 

Also pottery in the field of, at home, black coal and charcoal stove if any, blowers, small charcoal stove pottery can be performed.

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