How is peat moss compacted and how does it heat the houses in Ireland?

Question

Peat moss heat often corresponds with not only total illiteracy but a lack of knowledge that alphabetic scripts of any kind exist.

The people were gullible to advances of the Communist Party that "benefits" would make things better....

Answer 1

your thinking of turf not peat moss

Answer 2

Many houses in rural Ireland were solely heated by burning dried turf cut from the bog in an open fire.  Nowadays most houses have central heating but still retain the open fire for the comfort and smell of burning turf. Bord na Móna commercially produces turf as peat briquettes which are sold in rural and city areas.

"Turf is still cut and dried by hand, but the turf you get in briquette form is harvested by a machine that resembles a cross between a tractor and a hoover vacuum cleaner. The machine has a long hose which is sunk into the bog and sucks bog material into a chamber. "

"Peat which has been milled on the surface of the bog, is air dried and stored. It is then brought by narrow gauge railway across the bogs to the factory.

Different grades of peat are carefully blended in the factory to ensure raw material consistency.

It is then ground to a fine particle size and dried to about 10% moisture content using heat from large industrial boilers at this stage, the peat is a fine, powdery material.

The peat is extruded through a twin-stamp briquette press. The compression is sufficient to bind the remaining water with the peat, so forming the briquette.

When the Bord na Móna Peat Briquettes have cooled they are baled and automatically baled and palletised."

Answer 3

This is not a homework section!

We were never communist.  

Peat moss is the name for a modern type of compost used in gardening.  It is made from peat (turf) and looks a little like soil but feels lighter when you crumble it in your hand.

Turf was used as a fuel years ago and is still used in many areas.  In city areas where turf might not be available, some people burn peat briquettes, compacted turf.

I think if you bother to check our history you will find that we were anything but illiterate being known for years as the island of saints and scholars.  

LOL to this question.

Answer 4

What are you talking about??? Ireland was never communist!! and we are not illiterate. and we use the alphabet!

And to answer your question, here it is called Turf and is proccessed into peat briquettes by Bórd na Móna here is the website:

http://www.bnm.ie/corporate/index.jsp