Compost Power Jean Pain Mound Project Summer 2011
Channel: Anenergyoptimist
Date: 2011-08-09

A 2 minute video showing the btu-value and results of a recent Jean Pain Mound built by Compost Power as part of a Yestermorrow class in Fayston Vermont. We've made progress adapting Jean Pain's concept to the Vermont climate. I can turn 50-degree well-water into 120 degrees at a continuous rate of 30 gallons per hour. Some design modifications give us reason to believe this system will remain productive/steady throughout the upcoming winter. These systems typically stay hot for 12+ months. 

It looks like this latest project has a btu-output of at least 17,500 btus per hour, which would equate to more than 75 million btus over a 6-month winter heating season, which is enough to heat an average Vermont home with radiators or radiant-floor systems. 

www.CompostPower.org for more info. We're looking for tax-deductible donations to support our experiments so we can provide free guidance to the world on how to make large volumes of combustion-free, emission-free, sustainable heat from shredded woody-biomass, with a by product of high-value compost for our soils.