[Stoves] Burning wet wood

[Alex English]

Dale,
This answer is obvious but it is also the most common method for burning 
wet wood.
Mix it with dry wood.

Alex

On 12/06/2013 11:39 AM, Andreatta, Dale A. wrote:
> Have we ever looked at the question of how to design a stove to burn
> wood that is higher in moisture?  It would seem that this is very
> important practical issue, and that a stove that could burn wet wood
> would be very popular.  What makes a stove burn wet wood well or poorly?
> The only time I remember someone saying something about this was
> Crispin, who I believe said recently that preheating the primary air
> makes it possible to burn wetter wood.  This would be easy with a batch
> stove, harder with continuous feed.  Other than that, I can think of a
> couple things that might help burn wetter wood.
>
> Dale Andreatta
>
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