Pure oxygen environment "fermentation" patent

[ChinaVoodoo]

I've been curious about this process ever since I read it some time ago. This website is of a patent for placing tobacco in a high oxygen environment for the purpose of accelerating the aging process. It makes great claims. Has anyone attempted anything like this?

http://www.google.com/patents/US214391

I was considering experimenting with it, as my samsun, which I harvested too early due to a snow storm, has been in the kiln for two months and still gives off ammonia when I smoke it. I would place the tobacco in a beer keg, fill it with oxygen, apply pressure, let rest for some time, how long, i don't know, then purge it with carbon dioxide before opening, (because I'm not sure if there is a risk of ignition.)

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Years ago I experimented with storing tobacco with various gases. I was trying to come up with something inert that would allow me to store very wet tobacco in a jar for an extended period of time. I took 3 mason jars and filled them all with tobacco (to abut 1/2 the volume of the jar). One of the jars I filled with Nitrogen, the other with Oxygen and the third one was just air. I put these away and checked them about a month later. There was no mold in any of them which was a disappointment because I was thinking the Nitrogen filled jar would be mold free and the Oxygen filled jar would be filled with mold. I then stored the jars and actually forgot about them for a year. After I checked, there was no mold an any of the jars. I took the tobacco out and threw it away. I guess I should have sampled it!

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Years ago I experimented with storing tobacco with various gases. I was trying to come up with something inert that would allow me to store very wet tobacco in a jar for an extended period of time. I took 3 mason jars and filled them all with tobacco (to abut 1/2 the volume of the jar). One of the jars I filled with Nitrogen, the other with Oxygen and the third one was just air. I put these away and checked them about a month later. There was no mold in any of them which was a disappointment because I was thinking the Nitrogen filled jar would be mold free and the Oxygen filled jar would be filled with mold. I then stored the jars and actually forgot about them for a year. After I checked, there was no mold an any of the jars. I took the tobacco out and threw it away. I guess I should have sampled it!

Dang!