[Stoves] Burning wet wood

[Ron]

Dean, Crispin, etal

   How can we see the thesis?

Ron



On Jun 12, 2013, at 2:01 PM, "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Dean
>  
> Agreed. I believe that Ernestine’s doctoral work with you for a year is a good indication that this is also true for wood.
>  
> For those who have not seen her thesis, it was a comparison of emissions for low, medium and high moisture fuels and how different stoves handled it.
>  
> Gus: The people in Java use the charcoal remaining from fires to warm the wood for tomorrow. This is important because it affects the fuel use that must be attributed to a meal (the char is not thrown away but it is consumed each day) and it means they are operating at a high system efficiency considering the drying that is being accomplished.
>  
> Regards
> Crispin
> +++++++
>  
> Hi All,
>  
> I find that pellets burn cleaner in TLUDs when at about 10% to 15% moisture content like sticks of wood. In both cases a slower burn helps to meter the fuel.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Dean
> 
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