As another example, I have seen the varnished pot bottom after use with
a fan assisted TLUD on low fire. At high fire there was none and that is
with dry pellets. Both had no visible emission. I felt it was excess air
and/or sneekage around the small flame that caused it. Turbulence was
high with pre-heated secondary air. Perhaps the firing range of a TLUD
can be expanded and remain minimal in "varnish", soot and CO, however I
am of the opinion that there is only one tuned sweet spot for any burner
and all other burn rates and air adjustments are a compromise unless
there is also a change in the structure of the burner. We need numbers
on the scale of the compromise.
Is varnish a good conductor?
Alex
On 30/07/2013 8:02 AM, Jonathan P Gill wrote:
Christa,
I have done that too. If the TLUD is very poorly tuned, you can get
nasty deposits from "dry" wood pellets. I have made some very nice
creosote from wood pellets with TLUDS that were operating at too low a
temp and had a very poor fuel air ratio with insufficient turbulence
in the burning gases.
I find that, with proper tuning, I can achieve clean results from
about any fuel, including freshly cut wood chips @ 40% moisture
content. I can say this from experience.
Currently, I am working in TLUD powered retorts heated from the
bottom with gas jets coming out from the top. These are the opposites
of TLUDS as they are Bottom Up designs. So far so good. More to come...
Regards,
Jock
Extract CO2 from the atmosphere!
On Jul 30, 2013, at 1:57 AM, CHRISTA ROTH <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
The TLUD only if you have a well processed dry predictable fuel.
otherwise you can coat the entire fins in a 'varnish' from condensed
vapors and that is no tun at all to scrub off, not even from a flat
bottom pot (done that...)
Christa (from the bush in Benin, with patchy internet access)
Am 29.07.2013 um 23:31 schrieb "Andreatta, Dale A."
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
Yes, a TLUD would have a lot less soot. Charcoal stoves too.
The message from Todd Albi mentioned a Turbopot, whose website I
just checked out. It also claims fantastic results. Who knew there
were all these finned pots out there?
Dale
*From:*Stoves [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>]*On Behalf Of*Tom Miles
*Sent:*Sunday, July 28, 2013 2:27 PM
*To:*'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'
*Subject:*Re: [Stoves] Cajun Rocket Pot
Is a TLUD likely to have less soot buildup on fins?
Tom
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