[Stoves] stove test

[Mangolazi]

Hi Ray, what happens when you shut off primary air with the stove running? I tried that with a simple TLUD design and I got smoke. 

On May 31, 2016 8:23:24 PM GMT+08:00, Ray Menke <ray.menke at gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 6:56 PM, kgharris <kgharris at sonic.net> wrote:
>> The designs are being put into the public domain.  I hope that the
>various
>> principles used in the stove, for turn-down and improved efficiency
>and
>> emissions, will benefit some new stove designs in the future.
>
>Kirk, thank you for sharing this stove design.  I have been following
>your posts closely because my TLUD charcoal making stoves certainly
>lack the turn-down capability.  To compensate, I carefully load my
>hardwood slices/sticks fuel over insulating charcoal brands at the
>grate, finished off with sliced paper and cardboard as starter.  Then
>I cook in three or four different pans/pots by bringing them to a boil
>and then removing the hot pot, and setting it aside.  By shuffling
>items over the stove, everything gets cooked.  At one time, I did use
>a insulated hay box to retain heat, but I'm cooking outdoors in the
>sub-tropics, and my 7 KW max stove has plenty of heat.  I also have a
>3000 watt solar concentrator oven (Helios) with 54 square feet of
>mirror, but I often cook in early morning or late evening to avoid the
>searing sun, so the concentrator sits in the barn.  (Besides, it needs
>constant attention to adjust the tracking, whereas the TLUD, if
>heating water, is "light it and forget it").
>The insulated riser in my stove has a very short life, so it will be
>interesting to see how the diffuser blade assembly holds up.  When I
>build a copy of your stove, I should maybe build two of the assembly
>above the fuel chamber.  I also noticed the double cylinders around
>the fuel chamber, which I sort of discovered by accident when I was
>inserting a sacrificial piece of used steel sheet inside my chamber in
>an attempt to extend it's life. With this liner, I am able to
>completely shut off primary air on low humidity days with very dry
>fuel.  During wet-rainy days, I sometimes have to use a small computer
>fan.
>I guess pellets are being used as a standard fuel for testing various
>stoves, but I'm too cheap to buy them (not sold here anyway), so I use
>small pieces of hardwood invasive species, and hoard the really fine
>engine grade charcoal that is a by-product.
>Looking forward to more information...