Dear List In one of his responses to Crispin, Ron said "RWL: In summary, I think you are raising issues that are hopelessly complicated for the world of stove testing and comparisons. I see insufficient reason so far to explore your metric words "possible" and "to check" and "Obviously". I hope you will try again to convince this list (with citations), if you disagree."
I think stove testing needs to be comparable between both stoves and fuels. What Crispin has done is bring standard combustion theory to bear on the question so as to allow this. I need, for instance, to be able to compare a single stove burning either wood or charcoal. I have to be able to take the oxygen present in the cellulose and other constituents of the wood into account in calculating the excess air, because it contributes to the combustion, whereas with charcoal there is essentially no oxygen present in the fuel. The difference is real, measurable, and has an impact on the efficiency of combustion. I, for one, am convinced. _______________________________________________ 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/
