[Stoves] Stoves Digest, Vol 95, Issue 26 top lit updraft burning

[alex english]

Hi Norbert,
You have probably already considered a (non verbal) retort placed in the
firebox as one portion of a fuel pile. It would give a hydrogen boost to
the wood flame.

Do the emissions from your heaters  measurably increase when burning a fuel
pile that is half of a normal full load? The biggest problem in solid fuel
combustion seems to be load matching and all the cascading issues it
creates.

Alex

On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 7:19 AM, Norbert Senf <norbert.senf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 7:05 PM, Ronal W. Larson <
> rongretlarson at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> (snip)  So my only question for Norbert is how much added cost there
>> would be if your present logs of 150-200 mm diameter also had a similar
>> length (maybe 3-4 times as many cuts on a log).  I believe a TLUD design
>> could work with such fuel.  To be explored.
>>
>
> Interesting question. It would completely change the handling of the fuel.
> You'd have to store it in bins, rather than stacking. Getting a load from
> the woodshed and stacking it in the heater would be very different. It
> would be an interesting experiment to try, maybe we'll try a load like that
> in our lab this winter, just to see how it burns. I'd guess it would need
> some kind of basket in the firebox, so that you could get air all around
> it. There are, for example, pellet baskets that you can use in a regular
> stove or fireplace:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/daphne_blue/2957483166
>
> --
> Norbert Senf
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