interesting, can it be potassium from any unbalance or kind of plant that you use to make the briquttes? To perform metals identification you may burn a sample and to find a characteristic coloration help to identify it.
2012/9/24 Richard Stanley <[email protected]> > Dean, > I agree with Tom and by (my own) extension: What did yo have to dink the > night before ? > Seriously, its an intersting phenomena eh? We see it in burning different > kind of briqettes too, usually at near end of burn and ususally down in the > lower end of the center core. Am all ears here, as I have never tried to > parse it out to particular blend or stove type … > Richard > Legacyfound.org > > > On Sep 24, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Tom Miles wrote: > > Dean,**** > ** ** > If you are the only one seeing it, is that a purple “flame” or a “Purple > Haze”? Maybe it’s a generational thing.**** > > Tom**** > ** ** > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Dean Still > *Sent:* Sunday, September 23, 2012 5:11 PM > *To:* Discussion of biomass cooking stoves > *Subject:* [Stoves] Purple flame**** > ** ** > Hi Stovers!**** > ** ** > I've been noticing a shift from blue flames above the burning bio-char in > a TLUD to purple flames nearer the end of the burn when the bottom of the > pile is glowing bright orange. I suppose that the blue flame is caused by > burning CO but I wonder why the purple forms after the blue? The blue self > sustaining flame doesn't heat the water in the pot as well as the purple > flame phase although the pile of bio-char is fully ignited at that time and > may account for the more rapid rise in water temperature.**** > ** ** > Any ideas?**** > ** ** > Best,**** > ** ** > Dean**** > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ > > > -- Carolina Romero
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