I am in Sri Lanka on an extended holliday and have observed a plentiful supply
of cheap(below $10.00) Kerosene stoves/cookers,both pressurized and
non-pressurized.
I would like to find information on the possibility of using these
stoves with W/SVO.
Regards
Kaydee.
The pressurised kero cookers work well with biodiesel. See:
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor10.html
Journey to Forever 90-litre processor
Scroll down to The pre-heating tank.
We've done some initial work to see if it can burn W/SVO too, but it
will need some sort of pre-heating arrangement. I have some ideas
that I'll be trying.
The non-pressurized stoves use wicks of various sorts. Biodiesel will
travel up a wick, sort of, but not very far, not more than an inch or
so, so the stove needs to be modified. List member Todd Swearingen
has previously suggested a donut-shaped affair as the fuel tank, with
the wick in the middle and the fuel at a high level relative to the
wick. A similar arrangement would be required for them to burn W/SVO,
but you'd need a different sort of wick - thicker, and more loosely
woven, with plenty of space for it to do its job without being
pressed too tight, which the existing kerosene wick arrangements
would do.
We're working on these problems, but slowly, among many other things.
I think a local artisan in Sri Lanka might be able to figure this
out, they do some very smart things. If you do find any solutions,
please let the list know.
Thanks!
Best wishes
Keith Addison
Journey to Forever
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