[Stoves] Ceramic wool

[David G. LeVine]

While not a sustainable option for third world countries (they can't 
afford the tariffs), McGill's Warehouse 
http://www.mcgillswarehouse.com/p/2923/hf10-ceramic-fiber-blanket-2-8lbft3-or-128kgm3-f2acf6cg1ah1c 
has a reasonable price for ceramic wool blanket.  Given that insulation 
of the outermost shell can result in much better cooking efficiency and 
enhanced safety, might it be reasonable to use this to build a standard 
test stove, and test other insulation choices for comparison.  The 
ceramic wool could, rationally, be used as a standard allowing diverse 
testing sites to try different materials without importing them from 
around the world.

Testing things like rice hull ash might prove it is BETTER than ceramic 
wool, but finding it in [area of your choice] as well as Beech ash and 
animal dung ash might be difficult, while such things will be easily 
found in other places.

If, for example, preheated air is desired and too much heat loss occurs 
without insulation, having a way to figure out how much insulation (to 
start with), of what kind would be a good thing, IMHO.  Yes, fine tuning 
will still be needed, but this means it is from a likely good starting 
place.

Comments are welcomed.

Dave  8{)
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