Hi Crispin, Weighing the fuel when removed (hot and burning) and dry weight after soaking with water, draining (screen) and drying is not a convenient procedure to determine moisture left -and prone to error - but only method I can think of at the moment. Water puts out a fire by taking away its heat. So wondering if there is another method that could be used? Combination nitrogen gas and pieces of steel in a tumbler? Must be some way besides water.
Frank Frank Shields Control Laboratories, Inc. 42 Hangar Way Watsonville, CA 95076 (831) 724-5422 tel (831) 724-3188 fax www.biocharlab.com -----Original Message----- From: Stoves [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Crispin Pemberton-Pigott Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2012 11:26 AM To: Stoves Subject: Re: [Stoves] Equipment required for testing stoves Dear Frank You are on the right track, in my view. The assumed energy for the wood and char is a major source of imprecision in the test. As for quenching with water: unfortunately we need to know the residual moisture content of the fuel 'as removed'. That varies a lot depending on the stove type. Quenching it with nitrogen is an alternative. Regards Crispin -----Original Message----- From: "Frank Shields" <[email protected]> Sender: "Stoves" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 10:19:39 To: 'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'<[email protected]> Reply-To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <[email protected]> Subject: [Stoves] Equipment required for testing stoves _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
