Dear Alex,
I really like this. It may be at least part of a solution to the problem
that I originally joined the stoves list for several years back.
My assumptions:
only natural draft
passive feeding/gravity
no draft control other than pipe diameter limits
true/false?
regards,
Ron
vom Hocker
P.S. I constructed something a bit like this to vent hot, wet air from
my clothes dryer to the outside without boring any holes through my
rental apartment's walls. I built it to press fit into the German-style
tilt-from-bottom-hinge/open-as-door window. It served well until the
dryer gave up the ghost and was replaced by a dehumidification type dryer.
On 14.01.2012 20:42, Alex English wrote:
Stovers,
Its a long winter, and old bones and cord wood and Crispin make me
think......
Attached are two pictures which show my early steps towards
understanding the limitations of gravity with stoves.
One shows a wedge shaped door spacer "the Artful Dodger' which picks
the stove's pocket for draft and connect it to any burner idea I can
cobble together.
The other shows it operating with a burner that has a small unsealed
hopper for pellets. I use a loose lid/follower to ride down on the
pellets. So far there has been no fumes coming up and out, and the
fire has not chased the air and fuel back into the hopper. The bottom
throat on the hopper is about 5 cm diameter. It operates continuously
at one speed with an input of 1.6 kg of wood pellet per hour.
For a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlu7DdX1gI&feature=youtu.be
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlu7DdX1gI&feature=youtu.be>
May you find inspiration in the foolishness of others.
Alex
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