RE: GAS-L: Engine Experience

["Gavin Gulliver-Goodall" <Gavin@roseplac.worldonline.co.uk>]

I have snipped all the text to save space and time.
Small wood burners do not run as cleanly and efficiently as gasifiers
because to control gasification you need controlled air supplies and
consequently some sort of feedback . Gasification boilers like Kuenzel, tarm
and Kob are much more expensive than a "conventional" boiler because of this
control and feedback loop however they can achieve much higher efficiencies
and clean combustion= less logs to haul and less smoke to pollute so they
are worth the money- if only you can convince the customers. In the UK
people either burn wood because they like a pretty fire, or because they are
too poor to pay for fossil fuels- preferring to pay in their own labour for
"free" wood fuel The first type want an attractive stove with nice flames
(the heat output is not an issue) the second cannot afford a sophisticated
boiler even if it would halve their labour (of love?) cutting logs.

Gavin

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