[Stoves] The upside of Down feed

[Ronald Hongsermeier]

Dear Alex,
I really like this. It may be at least part of a solution to the problem 
that I originally joined the stoves list for several years back.

My assumptions:
only natural draft
passive feeding/gravity
no draft control other than pipe diameter limits

true/false?

regards,
Ron
vom Hocker

P.S. I constructed something a bit like this to vent hot, wet air from 
my clothes dryer to the outside without boring any holes through my 
rental apartment's walls. I built it to press fit into the German-style 
tilt-from-bottom-hinge/open-as-door window. It served well until the 
dryer gave up the ghost and was replaced by a dehumidification type dryer.

On 14.01.2012 20:42, Alex English wrote:
> Stovers,
> Its a long winter, and old bones and cord wood and Crispin make me 
> think......
>
> Attached are two pictures which show my early steps towards 
> understanding the limitations of gravity with stoves.
> One shows a wedge shaped door spacer "the Artful Dodger' which picks 
> the stove's  pocket for draft and connect it to any burner idea I can 
> cobble together.
> The other shows it operating  with a burner that has a small unsealed 
> hopper for pellets. I use a loose lid/follower to ride down on the 
> pellets. So far there has been no fumes coming up and out, and the 
> fire has not chased the air and fuel back into the hopper. The bottom 
> throat on the hopper is about 5 cm diameter. It operates continuously 
> at one speed with an input of 1.6 kg of wood pellet per hour.
>
> For a video
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlu7DdX1gI&feature=youtu.be 
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOlu7DdX1gI&feature=youtu.be>
>
> May you find inspiration in the foolishness of others.
> Alex
>
>
>
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