[Stoves] pot skirt efficiency estimates, scale-up

[Josh Kearns]

I'm thinking about building a 5-gal TLUD fired 55-gal water heater for
outdoor showers. I'm wondering if anyone has a ballpark estimate for heat
transfer efficiency w/ and w/o using a pot skirt attachment. The hot water
tank will be a 55-gal steel drum, so I think the setup is pretty analogous
to a cookstove setup, just bigger.

20%?

Any thoughts are helpful, rough estimates OK.....thanks!


FYI, the char from the water heating setup will be used in arbor-loo style
modular composting toilets. This infrastructure is being installed during a
rambo design-and-build sesh for my wedding on a farm in rural Appalachia
(USA), but will be used continually by future events at the site. Cool,
huh?!?!

Josh
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