How to burn charcoal?

There are two methods for burning charcoal: kiln burning and dry distillation.

Kiln burning method: build a kiln with mud, fill it with wood, and light it from the kiln door or fire door. Wood is carbonized in the kiln, and volatiles escape, leaving charcoal.

Dry distillation method: that is, wood dry distillation, which can be divided into black carbon and white carbon according to the kiln method.

Black charcoal, commonly known as soft charcoal, also known as kiln charcoal, referred to as BC. Wood ash, pure black or white powder on the surface, can be blown off. At the end of carbonization, the burning charcoal is cut off in the kiln to eliminate the fire. Small hardness, dumb knock, soft texture. It is easy to catch fire, but it ashes quickly, is not durable and has weak firepower.

White charcoal: Carbonized in a charcoal kiln, burned in the air for a period of time for high-temperature carbonization, and then stewed with wet sand. Because it is grayish white after burning in the air, it is called. Can be used for food processing and rare metal smelting. Also known as rigid carbon and hard carbon.