SUPER MULCH compost water heater compost geothermal decomposition

[pencilart360]

If even you clean the stuff is in there use a clean item never any thing with cleaner in it ever it not safe

[2JobsStillPoorUSA]

This past august I was in "wallyworld" and they had this huge bin of corn on the cob. The center of it was putting off heat. Needless to say I didn't buy that corn, as it was already composting.

[Teddybearcop48]

Thanks

[grandmastermicochero]

how long did this pile continue to produce heat??

[jone3333333333]

you can used that for power by useing a Peltier cooler.

[kleinpikkewyn]

This is incredible. Looking at ideas for a project in Africa. This could come in very handy. Any idea what the addition of chicken manure would do?

[MrKevMan]

When a compost gets too dry and too hot, it can catch fire. Compost heat is such an ignored resource.

[swizzlecheeks]

Trying to accomplish 2 green power tasks. Please, help. Need a bottom heat source for a Winter rooting bed for cuttings (80-90 *F) . Possibly, using a Nearing Frame.

Secondly, I'm making a misting bed for Summertime rooting cuttings. I need to provide pressure to a water tank in order to provide water to the misting heads.... any good Green ideas would be welcomed...

[MrKevMan]

@swizzlecheeks

Dig below the frost line. Layer lots of greens and some browns for several inches, then cover with browns. If you keep that covered with a black tarp, it should keep things warm.

To create pressure, raise the tank above the mist heads with the smallest outlet to feed the heads as possible. The narrower the tank, the more pressure will be exuded upon the bottom where the outlet is.

[unclesonnyonutube]

newton2013 is correct-o-mundo... ive seen it happen, i used to work for asplundh tree experts and i have seen the dump site just catch fire from piling it too high... you have to stick copper pipes in at different depths like chimneys to let the heat/gases escape.

also... if you give tree companies just ONE chance to dump on your property they will keep coming until you lock the gate...

[AirEngineResearch]

With proper setup and controls, a person could have a big savings with in floor or under floor hot water heat. The same system could supply shower and washer water as was mentioned in the video. Good Job.

[newton2013]

make sure you compost pile doesn't get too hot, they can spontaneously combust...

[csreeves]

Neat, can you say "Jean Pain"?!

Jean Pain - A french innovator who developed a compost based bio energy system that produced 100% of his energy needs. He heated water to 60 degrees celsius at a rate of 4 litres a minute which he used for washing and heating. He also distilled enough methane to run an electricity generator, cooking elements, and power his truck. This method of creating usable energy from composting materials has come to be known as Jean Pain Composting, or the Jean Pain Method

[LastCupOSorrow]

I've been recycling woodchips lately. I have very poor soil, just sand really. I got a tree service to bring a load to me. I and my neighbors used the hell out of it. Some was "pretty" and was used for that purpose. Most of it wasn't and I mulched trees and bushes around here, and scattered much of it thinly in areas where nothing wanted to grow. Every spot is green and all it cost me was some sweat. It also saved the tree trimmers $120, the cost of dumping it.

[tzkelley]

Now, find out how to heat water that hot in cold climates and find out how to cool water off to almost freezing in your climate and you'll have something useful.

[starwarssith]

it's gonna burn your grass.

[tallyhoroad]

Great to see you again Man! I love this stuff, Jean Pain Method is so inspirational. You and your lovely wife are also an inspiration. :)

Tyler Heal...

[HernaicTom]

@mtolives I think it's illegal to compost your lover...;-)

[mtolives]

This is an interesting and well-known biological phenomenon but I honestly don't see any practical and scalable applications other than for composting lovers.

[alexhouchens]

@mtolives I think food is practical, and scalable.

[Raycheetah]

Nice biothermal resource. =^[.]^=

[BeeRich33]

What was the 8-day temperature?  Did you take that?

[StarrJaded]

When ever you mulch material like this, one must stir it often and be careful. It's common for these types of mulch piles to catch on fire. Same thing happens with old hay mulching. I've known of someone who lost their entire barn to a fire caused by decomposing hay. And I myself have had a mulching pile of chips catch on fire before a few years back. Just be careful.

[Madarpok]

Is it possible to generate biogas from wood mulch? Like putting it in a sealed container(to go anaerob), with a pipe to drain the gas formed.

[koenstr]

cool!

[specallez]

Yeah, need a big LTD Stirling running off this stuff!

[Cheejyg]

I thought water boils @ 100 degrees??

[thomas533]

@Cheejyg - water boils at 100°C or 212°F. Dan was measuring in °F.

[MrAgreeandDisagree]

@Cheejyg That's in Celsius, not fahrenheit.

[DoblyTufnell]

Another good video dan.

Here's a nice one where they put the heat to good use.

/watch?v=-Jm-c9B2_ew

[edstar83]

Awesome

[t0p0l1eve4]

this is interesting 

[Lacider]

For anyone intrested I sugest looking up "Jean Pain compost method" on youtube, there is a couple of videos that goes into more detail about this method of heating.

[solspice]

Nice idea for no power sustainability

Thanks

[rlocke2]

really freking cool

[vention4wh]

Wonder if you could run a Stirling engine off that temperature difference.

[ponyryan]

In an intro to soil systems class in college (once upon a time) we were able to get several specialized (accounting for chemical composition) combinations of yard debris to generate internal temperatures well in excess of 140F. You should be able to get the proper combo well in excess of 160F as that is the requirement for true, safe, organic dirt.

[joelito101]

If needed you could boil egs in that.

[jazz61021]

Well water at 70 F? That's warm, but then again I live in Illinois, where municipal water is 55? I ned to measure it, but I know that it's not 70 F since the water pipes are about 8 to 10 feet down. PS: You'll need extra Nitrogen if you use the wood chips as mulch. The decomposition process removes nitrogen, and leaves the soil deficient.

[Greatbloke]

For the non Yanks, 110 is about 43C, Good for a hot shower.

[AmericanConcrete]

Why not run water lines though land fills then?

[MrStartrekepisodes]

@AmericanConcrete because if one pipe breaks, all the water would get polluted

[kami3233]

@AmericanConcrete

Land fills arent decomopsing ): hence all the media about how bad landfills are. There is no oxygen for the trash to decompose.

[RobC532]

@AmericanConcrete

I think landfills are designed to minimise decomposition. All that garbage is just sitting there. Plus a lot of it won't be organic compostable material. Good idea though.

[SaveDurban]

@RobC532 Yes, I have seem them lining it with thick plastic, I thinks its cos of leaching bad water into the earth.?. They are taking Gas off it in Durban though.

[AtvProjects]

@AmericanConcrete im guessing the bull-dozers might wreck the lines or the weight might wreck it.

[cchanderson]

@AmericanConcrete Because we are stupid.

[AmericanConcrete]

what kinda stupid animal would crawl in that hot hole and get stuck there?

[paranoidnews]

@AmericanConcrete All of them. Animals like hot, tight shelters.

[Sturrmm]

@paranoidnews so do men. :D

[paranoidnews]

@Sturrmm LMAO Good point!

[Frosttty]

@AmericanConcrete I've crawled into some hot holes...

[mrsparex]

A common mistake folk make is assuming that sunshine is the source of the heat, that it somehow builds up in the mulch. We know that's not true and that the actual decomposition is the heat source. Winter or summer... it gets HOT!

[TheBetterGame]

A big enough pile of mulch will heat water in the dead of a canadian winter. Not quite hot enough to call it "water heater hot", but enough to sure take some load off your actual water heater.

[apeinacrate76]

A+ Dan

[oisiaa]

Your neighbors must think you are crazy.

[hughtub]

Find video of Jean Pain, who used this to heat water through loops of hose embedded in the mulch. Also he collected the methane. Even in the winter it stayed hot.

[GreatInca]

I remember some biodome experiment in tuscon involving heavily mulched soil. The decomposition of the mulch created more CO2 than the plants benefiting from the mulch and they were unable to maintain atmospheric equilibrium because of it.

[buttkracken]

Great video, be careful with mulch piles because they can catch fire if not monitored properly. 

[youtubasoarus]

That's pretty incredible. I think there should be some way to continually convert piles of this stuff into fertilizer and sell it, but at the same time help heat your home hot water. Maybe pre-heat it or something. Very interesting.

[cdltpx]

Dan I wonder if the temp gets warm enough to move fluid through a compressor and produce mechanical refrigeration? Also wonder if this is a good way to heat a home in the winter rather than burning the wood would coils in the floor of a home with a composter that you can rotate or change out for a fresh batch?

[neonshoji]

Interesting

[sk8board44]

You can actually get more energy out of wood if you compost it to make hot water and collect the gas. The scientifics have always thought that you'll get the maximum amount of energy by burning stuff. It's amazing what life can do!!!

CHECK OUT "JEAN PAIN COMPOST" ON YT

Great video(s) thanks

[MrHorsetail]

You should start having them dump it in your garden, if you are done gardening for the year, then till it in and by spring it will all be gone. The soil seems to break down stuff a lot faster than composting.

[8nwidth]

Very interesting!

[SCARREDMIND]

C or F?

im guessing F.

[SeriousBusiness100]

@SCARREDMIND well seeing as water boils at 100 C, im pretty sure no one in their right mind would put their finger into that so it would be F :D

[sk8board44]

@SeriousBusiness100 that's probably degree Fahrenheit

[hatchi58]

yeah Dan keep it up

[jammybizzle666]

use it to charge a battery or something man, biofuel init

[spaaceful]

great video! too bad theres not much sun in san francisco

[TTerboLasers]

:) niceee