[Stoves] Clinker Formation

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[Default] On Sat, 17 May 2014 23:00:00 +0700,Crispin Pemberton-Pigott
<crispinpigott at outlook.com> wrote:

>How is it used to lower the temperature? By interfering with the O2 supply thus reducing the burn rate? Or the efficiency of combustion?  

Mostly it's from CO2 in the exhaust gas reacting with any char above
850C and being reduced to CO, this is highly endothermic and quenches
the hot coals which in 21% oxygen would reach 1200C. I cannot see it
being possible with natural draught.

AJH