EVENT Date 98/D40 03-Nov-24
Description Icelandic Reused / Pluse Air
Goal repair of weathered furnace (2021)
Team Darrell Markewitz lead
Neil Peterson extract
Neil measures
Rey Cogswell ore
Daniel Hefnier charcoal
Rey hammer
Daniel hammer
hammer
Darrell / Neil records
Darrell / Neil photos
FURNACE Type Icelandic sod build
Material Icelandic clay analog liner, stone front
Walls 3 cm
OD sod
ID  flat at front 40 x 28
at tuyere 40 x 28
Height 60 - 63
Stack 40 x 28
Base ashes from pre-heat / drying
Plinth none
Packing n/a
Tuyere ceramic tube
ID 2.5
Mounted insert
Angle down 22
Distance proud 5 cm
Air System blower via plusing gate
Extraction top
MATERIALS Ore 1 DD1 - 17 kg (% Fe) 54.5
Ore 2 n/a
Tap Slag 4.5 kg
Gromps n/a
Charcoal ash / oak 1.8 kg (NR)
CLOCK ELAPSED RATE EVENT AIR CHARCOAL ORE
UNIT COUNT TOTAL Unit TOTAL
pressure LpM bucket kg kg kg
psi 1.8
805 start wood splints pre-heat
840 gentle air (straight from blower)
915 air increase  (straight from blower) 200
940 1 35 ash wood splints 0.00
945 start plusing gate 500
1000 20 first rough charcoal - oak 900 1 1 1.80
1004 fill with rough charcoal 4 5 9.00
1010 6 3.3 1 6 10.80
1014 4 2.2 probe to settle 1 7 12.60
1017 add loose dirt to right front corner 0.00
1023 9 5.0 probe to settle / start graded fuel 1 8 14.40
about 78 pulses/sec
1031 8 4.4 1 9 16.20
1033 reduce air  800
1034 probe to settle
1049 17 9.4 1 10 18.00
1055 6 3.3 probe to settle 11 19.80
1107 12 6.7 1 12 21.60
1112 5 2.8 1 13 23.40
1122 10 5.6 first slag addition 1 14 25.20 1 S 1 S
1137 15 8.3 1 15 27.00 1 S 2 S
1157 20 11.1 1 16 28.80 1 S 3 S
1212 15 8.3 1 17 30.60 1 S 4 S
1224 12 6.7 first ore addition 1 18 32.40 1 1
1225 1 0.6 about  108 pluses/ sec (corrected)
1228 4 2.2 probe to settle 1 19 34.20 1 2
1239 11 6.1 1 20 36.00 1 3
1302 23 12.8 1 21 37.80 1.5 4.5
1315 13 7.2 1 22 39.60 1.5 6
1332 17 9.4 slag drained 1 23 41.40 1.5 7.5
1354 22 12.2 lower front stones pulled to drain 1 24 43.20 2 9.5
1405 slag bowl, major tapping
1413 19 10.6 1 26 46.80 2 11.5
1430 17 9.4 1 27 48.60 2 13.5
NR clock stops 1 28 50.40 3 16.5
1445 15 8.3 switch to accurate time 1 29 52.20 0.45 17
1452 self tap
1410 25 13.9 last charcoal to cover 1 30 54.00
start burn down
1548 remove pulsing gate 600
1550 additional bucket covers exposed ore 1 31 55.80
1625 extraction starts
1637 complete initial compaction
TOTALS
Charcoal 56 kg
Ore 17 kg
tap slag added 4 kg
gromps added
Bloom 0.971 kg
Gromps 2000
Yield 6 %
Condition
Quality