[Stoves] the 150 gasifier in operation in Vietnam

[Paul Olivier]

Andrew,

Someone had left a wire strainer on the floor of the university building
where I was working.
By chance the wire stainer had the same diameter as my burner housing.
When I put it over the burner and burner housing, it fit perfectly and
turned red hot.
I had never felt such heat before.

So I went to the local market and found wire strainers of finer apertures.
These worked much better than what I first tried.

I then put a reflective barrier around the base of the wire strainer to
reflect inwardly the radiant energy being laterally emitted.
My next experiment will be to put a piece of aluminum foil on top of the
burner to reflect upwardly the radiant energy being downwardly emitted.
Hopefully this will direct more heat to the pot.

Thanks.
Paul


On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Andrew C. Parker <acparker at xmission.com>wrote:

> I think something of interest is found in Patent 4452225, "Portable,
> Auxiliary, Radiant  Chimney Effect Heater", column 4, line 53, describing
> an additional mesh screen, shown in Fig. 3, to enhance heat output.  A
> similar device can also be seen in the Infraconic design and is described
> in detail in the patents.
>
> Who will be the first to sacrifice their wife's good wire strainer to see
> if they can get it glowing over a TLUD or rocket stove?  Too cold and
> snowy for me, so my marriage may be safe for the moment.
>
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Paul A. Olivier PhD
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Dalat
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