[Stoves] Candle powered stove

[Andrew C. Parker]

Maurice,

Remember to keep the wicks properly trimmed to maintain better  
combustion.  There was a very good article on candle combustion, eons ago,  
in American Scientist (spent an afternoon a few years ago going through my  
father's back issues, but never could find it again).

I have used tea candles during blackouts.  How many would you need to use  
to heat a room?  What would be the indoor pollution from massed tea  
candles?  I like the idea for emergencies, but would favor an efficient  
wax burner for long-term use.

The wax from the tea candles could be melted and reformed for use with an  
efficient wax burner.

Candles have been used with hay boxes for simmering.  Don't have any  
references.


Andrew Parker




On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:06:08 -0600, Maurice Colgan  
<maurice_colgan at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thank you Andrew I have read the book by Fowler and it describes  
> something entirely different to the idea which I am developing.
> Long lasting Tea lite candles are already widely available (ten hour)  
> and can be used safely in a large number of ways. Especially for heating  
> in our cold climate.
> Thankamillion for responding. Cheers, Maurice.  
> From: Andrew C. Parker <acparker at xmission.com>
> To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves  
> <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 6:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] Candle powered stove
>
> A copy of Fowler's thesis can be found here:
>
> http://ujdigispace.uj.ac.za:8080/dspace/bitstream/10210/512/1/Ryan%20Fowler%20MTech.pdf
>
>
> Also, a wax stove is supposedly in production by this company, with  
> units available for purchase in October:
>
> http://www.gattgen.com/
>
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