[Gasification] Results of wood burning contest Fwd: December Wood Heat Newsletter

Fri Dec 27 02:12:57 CST 2013

You go guy!!

From: Gasification [mailto:gasification-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On
Behalf Of Jason
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 8:51 PM
To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Results of wood burning contest Fwd: December
Wood Heat Newsletter

As a subscriber and reader of these lists for some years now I feel it is
appropriate to comment on this topic since I was a finalist in this contest
with The IntensiFire technology. I was contemplating a reply but given the
relevant thread started by Ken Boak I thought I had better jump in sooner
rather than later.

http://forgreenheat.blogspot.co.nz/2013/12/a-brief-analysis-of-stoves-at-woo
d.html?utm_source=December+13+Newsletter
<http://forgreenheat.blogspot.co.nz/2013/12/a-brief-analysis-of-stoves-at-wo
od.html?utm_source=December+13+Newsletter&utm_campaign=december+Newsletter&u
tm_medium=email> &utm_campaign=december+Newsletter&utm_medium=email

What will be of interest to you all is that one of the judges recognised The
IntensiFire for what it is, and what I intended it to be, a gasifier within
a stove.

The stove I retrofitted for the Decathlon was an old Treemont, perhaps 30+
years old, and was destined for the scrap metal dealer. It was problematic
for me as it was 2.5x larger than any wood stove I had worked with before
and I spent the entire contest tuning it. The 8" flue was also new, having
previously only worked with 150mm. 

My best performance was delivered on the last day and unfortunately as I had
operated the stove was not an independent test so don't believe it is
reflected in the judging. That test produced zero emissions using the Testo
380, I don't have the official results back yet from Brookhaven National
Laboratory but am keen to get my hands on it. Zero meaning zero particulates
and zero carbon monoxide, or as Trevor Gionet described it "perfect
combustion"(screen shot available). The test was of course only a 15 minute
sample from a batch burn but in this instance the insane stack temperatures
mean the gas analyser overheated at around the 12 minute mark. I am glad you
posted the link Paul as it was one that I had missed. I had believed that
the crazy stack temperatures had hurt the efficiency figures, but to beat
out the 82% certified stoves in this category was satisfying.

It seems there may well be a future for this technology but I am learning
all the time, these lists are of course a part of my education :-)

Great work by John Ackerly in putting the event together.

Both Popular Mechanics and National Geographic published the results.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/improvement/energy-efficient/woodstock-
soapstone-captures-the-wood-stove-decathlon-grand-prize-16180264?click=main_
sr
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/11/131120-wood-stove-dec
athlon-winners/

Regards

Jason

On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu
<mailto:psanders at ilstu.edu> > wrote:

Dear all,

The message below gives you links to a variety of internet sources for
learning about the results of the very well organized competition (The Wood
Stove Decathelon) about improvements for clean efficient burning of cordwood
(only cordwood).
It is not specific about gasification.
It is not specific about stoves for developing societies.
It is not about devices that make biochar. 

But I think and hope that many readers will find useful information.   

There were 12 contestants.  For a short summary, the top 6 devices in each
of 7 ratings are discussed in:

http://forgreenheat.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-brief-analysis-of-stoves-at-wood.
html?utm_source=December+13+Newsletter
<http://forgreenheat.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-brief-analysis-of-stoves-at-wood
.html?utm_source=December+13+Newsletter&utm_campaign=december+Newsletter&utm
_medium=email> &utm_campaign=december+Newsletter&utm_medium=email

The lead sponsor of the competition is the Alliance for Green Heat, at this
website:

http://www.forgreenheat.org

PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO YOUR RESPECTIVE LISTSERVS AND ONLY ABOUT TOPICS
IMPORTANT FOR THAT LISTSERV.     

Paul

Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD  
Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu <mailto:psanders at ilstu.edu>    
Skype: paultlud      Phone: +1-309-452-7072 <tel:%2B1-309-452-7072> 
Website:  www.drtlud.com <http://www.drtlud.com> 

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Woodstock Soapstone, Travis and Wittus Win the Wood Stove Decathlon 

<https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3AnnLctu7u0/Uo1u4E1O51I/AAAAAAAAATM/K7PY5dHjZDQ/
s1600/team+photo.jpg> Woodstock Soapstone from New Hampshire took home the
grand prize of $25,000 at the first ever Wood Stove Decathlon held on the
National Mall. The Wittus Twinfire and Travis Cape Cod tied for 2nd place.  

Contest Aims for a Cleaner-Burning Wood Stove 

  <http://katlong.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/NYT-T-logo-150x150.gif> New
York Times reporter Matt Wald covered the Wood Stove Decathlon: the
competitors are "finding ways to get twice as much heat out of a log of
firewood. The effort preserves woodlands, reduces the labor and expense ...
and cleans the air."  

Brief Analysis of the Top Ranked Stove in the Decathlon

Here we list the top 6 stoves in each scored category and note the trends
between stove classes and some of the stand out performances of stoves that
did not win prizes.  

Video

Winning Wood Stove Designs Announced 

A short, comprehensive National Geographic video

of the event and the award ceremony. Interviews with John Ackerly of
Alliance for Green Heat, Tom Butcher of Brookhaven National Lab, Tom
Morrissey of Woodstock Soapstone and Taylor Myers of the University of
Maryland team. 

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Wood Stove Decathlon 2013 in Photos  

A great photo essay by Norbert Senf a Decathlon judge and Board member of
the Masonry Heater Association of North America. Includes photos of the
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attended the Wood Stove Decathlon. Here, she is speaking with Stephen Rhodes
about his Hwam stove outfitted with an oxygen sensor, onboard computer, fans
and a handheld monitor that tells when the optimum time is to load more
wood.     

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