Lanny, and stovers; Lanny has raised a very good point about fuel moisture being released more gradually in TLUDs vs. bottom-lit, updraft gasifiers.
In my trials with wheat straw, the fuel was very dry. If it was moister, the results of my trials could be different. I could have trouble starting the gas fire in the secondary air. On the other hand, bottom lighting may not be a big problem for wheat straw, because there is not much movement of air through the fuel -- that is the main difficulty to be overcome. Lanny is right that it would be best if I can get my straw to gasify (smokelessly) TLUD style. I may be able to achieve this if I can punch many vertical air channels in the fuel bed. I will try that when the local weather improves. Cheers, Julien -- Julien Winter Cobourg, ON, CANADA _______________________________________________ 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://stoves.bioenergylists.org/
