[Stoves] Heat / cook stove - proposed design

[Andrew C. Parker]

On the subject of backfires in stoves doing surprising things, I am pretty  
sure I have mentioned it before, but, in Richard Hill's document  
describing his stick-wood fired furnace, he mentions that during  
prototyping he experienced, "explosions strong enough to lift a  
twenty-pound cast-refractory charging door."  So, yes, by all means do be  
careful.


Andrew Parker


On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:35:43 -0700, Alex English <english at kingston.net>  
wrote:

> I have played with some of these gravity hopper or down feed burners,
> both large and small.  I would like to point out the obvious, that your
> "playing with fire" and risking explosion. Often its a minor 'POOF' but
> it is still enough to send smoke and sparks back through air intakes and
> into places you don't want them to go.  That is what can happen when you
> trap combustible gasses. If your using very dry wood you can generate
> potent gasses.

> Good Luck
>
> Alex