“Roasted wood”.......do they really mean CHARCOAL?
It's artisanal roasted wood. Small batch!
“Roasted wood”.......do they really mean CHARCOAL?
Torrefaction of biomass, e.g., wood or grain, is a mild form of pyrolysis at temperatures typically between 200 and 320 °C. Torrefaction changes biomass properties to provide a much better fuel quality for combustion and gasification applications. Torrefaction leads to a dry product with no biological activity like rotting.
There are plants being planned/built on the east coast too. Maine and NC if I remember correctly. The idea is to make a wood pellet that can be burned in plants that previously burned coal. The torrefied pellet could be shipped in bulk without the potential increase in moisture content that current wood pellets are prone to.
The plants on the east coast are planned to ship to Europe by boat. The wood pellet is “carbon neutral” so if they can be substituted for coal, it brings those plants into compliance with government regulations for generation of electricity without expensive modifications. This does not mean these plants will not burn coal too. Just not 100% coal as they currently do.
Not charcoal. Wood is heated to dry it and change its structure, not to the point of charcoaling though. Should burn hotter and cleaner than untreated wood. The method is also used to treat lumber to make it rot proof.