[Stoves] List of woods for TLUDs?
neiltm at uwclub.net
neiltm at uwclub.net
Fri Apr 28 12:01:43 CDT 2017
I live in the UK, so my references below to species of wood are biased
for this part of the world.
I have been looking for information about the burn quality of different
woods, but mostly can only find information relating to open fires.
Poplar in its various sub species is generally rated low as a desirable
burning wood, and described as 'smoky'. I just burned some dried Italian
poplar in the Reed sl woodgas campstove, and although it made a smoky
start, which was probably down to my lighting technique or lack thereof,
once underway it burned completely smokelessly and with no stinging of
the eyes until just before the end when it again produced some smoke
briefly.
I would like to understand more about the qualities of different woods in
relation to TLUD stoves and wondered if anyone has ever attempted to
classify or rate woods for these stoves? I understand that some woods
like hornbeam, plum, hawthorn are the most dense (highest mass), and
therefore likely to liberate more heat or a longer burn per batch, and
that woods like willow or poplar are at the lighter end of the spectrum.
With poplar in particular I would like to understand why it is a smoky
wood, which it is if you burn it on an open fire? Should that not mean
it produces more wood gas, thereby making it ideal for TLUDs? I have yet
to find a problematic wood for these stoves unless it is our cultivated
apricot in the garden which has always been truly terrible, even when
dry. Yet fruit woods are supposed to be prized!
Neil Taylor
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