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I have seen the problem for a long time. I can suggest that if the char is a little damp, it will add a tiny bit of cleaning to the burning of very dry materials, and ędo an even better job. </div>
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You may have noticed that Kirk and I offer very different explanations as to the cause of the effect, but there are actually two effects. I am intrigued about his solutionę and will try it. </div>
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The two effects are: the ending of a pyrolysing burn that is not intended to continue as a char burn, and a transition from pyrolysis to a char burn. </div>
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If you have an intact memory you will recall I described the solution for the transition in the Vesto from char making to char burning. I suggest that the best solution was to increase the air supply at least a couple of minutes before the end of the pyrolysis
of the bottom fuel, thus promoting the ignition of the char while there is still enough heat to go to char burning. </div>
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The reason for having a char making them burning phase in the first place was to be able to load the chamber with fuel but still burn for an extended at low power, and not to have to feed fuel in slowly. In 2003-2004 that was the motivation to have a bimodal
fuel chamber with the downdrafting primary air - it permits that sequence while burning cleanly. </div>
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You may also recall the suggestion thatę the way to have this transition to a higher air flow automatically was to make additional holes in 'the right place' and cover them with a strip of newspaper. When the fire arrives at the paper, it burns away and opens
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Kirk might also try that by making additional holes commensurate with the air demand of char burning, and cover them with paper placed on the bottom plate. That too will automatically open the holes at the end of pyrolysis. </div>
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If you want the firepower to remain the same, you calculate the air needed for the two very different fuels. ęSize accordingly. </div>
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And even further, you can have the air shut off automatically if you are making char: place a perforated loose plate. Above a perforated bottom plate, elevating it with three balls of wax, such as small pieces of broken crayon. The holes must obscure each other.
When the fire arrives, the wax melts and drops the plate. If it is well made, it drops theair flow to zero. You can try it with paper but sometimes that chars and leaves a small gap.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That is an outstanding suggestion. Not suggested nor tried before, as far as I know. It will help lengthen the life of the fuel chamber in the TLUD gasifiers.</p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Crispin Pemberton-Pigott<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Have you tried putting a layer (about 15-20mm) of char from a previous burn before putting in the fuel? This will absorb the heat that was heating the bottom plate as the pyrolysis front arrives. The effect is to prevent
the over-rapid pyrolysation of the last of the fuel, thus avoiding the excess production of gases.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">I don't have a problem with smoky transitions, but would like to offer another solution. In my 9" TLUD with a 24" high fuel container I use an Aluminum plate that can be loaded with pieces of charcoal or wood. The pieces
nearest the flame ignite and can be shoved into the container where they insure ignition of the smoke that rises up through the char bed. The plate gets extremely hot and also ignites the raw wood pieces (see photo) and these can be pushed into the fuel container
to extend the cooking time. This stove usually burns at high power for about 90 minutes and if additional simmering time is needed, the charcoal or wood on the plate does the trick. In the photo, the white material under the bricks is cast into a steel oil
drain pan, and consists of Plaster, Perlite, and crushed glass. This is an insulator, and is heavy enough to hold a steel lid on top of the body of the stove as well as provide mass so the cook has a sturdy cooking surface. The grate is a cast iron frying
pan perforated with many small drilled holes. This grate will tolerate the use of a small fan (if required) to provide additional air if one chooses to burn some of the charcoal, but I usually dump the charcoal into a tub of water</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">as soon as the flames die down.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 2:05 PM Kirk H. <<a href="mailto:gkharris316@comcast.net">gkharris316@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">If there are any TLUD-ND people out there who are having problems with smoky and smelly transition from wood flame to charcoal flame, attached is a solution that works for me.</p>
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