[Stoves] Understanding Stoves

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Yes, it only needs to be perhaps 0.8 metres long to provide draft. The Basintuthu Stove has a 0.9 metre chimney for this purpose. 

Given the extreme demands of a low cooking height and low PM emissions, some draft is going to be essential if the fuel is biomass. 

It is possible to use a down draft fire to bring the cooking surface low, with the fire beside or even above it, but the still means a chimney. A DD stove needs a place for the ash so it may be best to go for cross drafting. 

The use of a horizontal holey briquette like Rok's stove, well, the burner part, is a cross draft fire. A long briquette might cook a whole meal. 

Regards
Crispin 
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