[Stoves] List of woods for TLUDs?

[Anand Karve]

It is also my experience that the wood considered to be undesirable for a
normal wood burning stove turned out to be highly suitable for a TLUD
stove. One should use the dense woods in a normal wood burning stove and
less dense woods in a TLUD stove.
Yours
A.D.Karve

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Dr. A.D. Karve

Chairman, Samuchit Enviro Tech Pvt Ltd (www.samuchit.com)

Trustee & Founder President, Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI)

On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 2:20 AM, Frank Shields <franke at cruzio.com> wrote:

> Hi Neil,
>
> I believe the test package I put together would answer your questions.
> That because when working on the procedures and selecting the different
> tests I had what you are referring to in mind. They include test like:
> Moisture, size distribution, particle shape, particle density, bulk
> density, void space (for air flow), volatiles and fixed carbon using the
> pipe method, Ash and ash properties, - I think that is about it as I
> remember. I had some other ideas using air flowing artificial ’smoke’ but
> to lack of interest never followed through.
> Then we need to correlate the results from the above tests to determine
> how they relate to a stove performance. That I never attempted but I do
> think I have all the methods and tests that is appropriate to do the job.
>
> Regards
>
> Frank
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Apr 28, 2017, at 10:01 AM, neiltm at uwclub.net wrote:
> >
> > 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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> Frank
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