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<P><FONT size=4>Has anyone broken down the moisture level of red oak wood, or
biomass, into categories similar to: <U>air dry</U>, <U>damp</U>,
<U>moist</U> and too <U>wet</U> to burn? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>(Damp and moist may not be the best names for the two middle
categories.)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Also is there an energy balance chart? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Moisture levels for red oak wood: </FONT></P>
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<LI><FONT size=4><U>Air Dry</U>: (13% and below), will ignite and
maintain flaming combustion, without fire starter.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=4><U>Damp</U>: (13% to ?%), needs some assistance to
reach and maintain flaming combustion on is own, paper dry biomass, wax
or other. </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=4><U>Moist</U>: (?% to ?%), needs extra help to reach
flaming combustion and needs help more than once to maintain flaming
combustion. The fire may burn a while until the moisture displaces the
combustion air and then the fire goes out. You may have to top light and use a
fire starter more than once to dry the wood to a point that it will burn,
but once the combustion zone is hot, the wood will maintain flaming
combustion.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=4><U>Wet</U>: wood, (?% or more), too wet to burn, the
energy in oak wood equal to or less than the energy necessary to evaporate its
moisture content. Adds no energy to a fire.</FONT></LI></OL>
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<P><FONT size=4>Thanks, Lanny</FONT></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>