[Stoves] Stoves Digest, Vol 8, Issue 11

[rajan_jiby at dataone.in]

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> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 23:22:01 +0200
> From: "Xavier Brandao" <xvr.brandao at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Stoves] How to make people do what they don't want to do?
> Like listen to advises, or contribute to the good use of stoves.
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> But several times we visited them, and we noticed they weren't using it 
> that
> much. The reason was that they are supplied big pieces of wood, and they 
> had
> to cut them prior to using them in the rocket stove. The feed chamber
> opening is a 20 X 20 cm square. With stoves, it is often necessary to make
> this opening rather small, to limitate excess air entry. So the staff kept
> using smoky stoves, with their huge feed chamber opening.


Dear All,

My question is :

What would be an optimum size range for the feed chamber opening - rather 
how small it can go upto ?

Best Regards,


Rajan