EVENT	Date	August - 27 - 2023
	Description	Caherconnell Furnace Festival
	Goal	Irish Hematite ore test
	Team	Daniel Jeffery (lead)
		Darrell Markewitz
		Coilin O Dubhghail
FURNACE	Type	short shaft
	Material	Irish local clay + sand
	Walls	slightly oval cylinder, rounded base	n/r
	Interior		30 x 35
	Height		69
	Stack		55
	Base		11
	Packing	ash and fines	10
	Tuyere	provided (5mm?) copper
	Diameter		2
	Angle		20
	Proud		4.5
	Air System	provided vacuum blower
	Extraction	cold - bottom via arch
MATERIALS	Ore	Irish Hematite, roasted	41% Fe
	Charcoal	ash
CLOCK	ELAPSED	EVENT	AIR		CHARCOAL			ORE
					UNIT	COUNT	TOTAL	Unit	TOTAL
			pressure	LpM	bucket		kg	kg	kg
			psi				1
1100		start wood splints pre-heat		touch
1205	T 65	first charcoal to light			1	1	1.00
1208		fill		25%	4	5	5.00
1215		air increased
1219	11				1	6	6.00
1226	7				1	7	7.00
1234	8				1	8	8.00
1242	8				1	9	9.00
1253	11				1	10	10.00
1300	7	first ore 500 bog / 500 hematite			1	11	11.00
		as 250 gm additions, spread
1306	6				1	12	12.00	1	1
1312	6	all hematite			1	13	13.00	1	2
1322	10				1	14	14.00	1	3
1329	7				1	15	15.00	1	4
1335	6				1	16	16.00	1	5
1344	9	as 3 x 500 gm			1	17	17.00	1.5	6.5
1350	6				1	18	18.00	1.5	8
1356	6				1	19	19.00	1.5	9.5
1402	6				1	20	20.00	2	11.5
1410	8				1	21	21.00	2	13.5
1416	6				1	22	22.00	2	15.5
1427	11				1	23	23.00	2	17.5
1436	9				1	24	24.00	2	19.5
1445	9				1	25	25.00	2	21.5
1452	7				1	26	26.00	2	23.5
1502	10				1	27	27.00	2	25.5
1512	10	final to cover			1	28	28.00
		start burn down
		no time for extraction
TOTALS
	Charcoal		28	kg
	Ore		25.5	kg
	Bloom		1437	gm
	Gromps		1025	gm
	Yield		6	%
	Condition	fragmented, spongy
	Quality
		Main Sequence	122	min
		Ore	4.8	min/kg
		Charcoal	7.6	min/kg