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Harmon and Stovers:
Harmon
asked::
<SNIP>
>
Are there any diagrams around of stoves with blower
> arrangements? Seems
like I've seen something long, long ago, but one of
> the heating stove
ideas I had was for a forced draft via a ring of air
> nozzles around the
combustion area, more up later in a secondary
> combustion area, and then
another small fan at the very end of a long,
> complicated heat exchanger
area to pull the cold whatever out.
1) This is not an area of my
expertise - but I think you will learn a lot
by looking at the ZZ-stove
(used for cooking only - but probably adaptable
to heaters). The turbo
stove described by Tom Red on the Alex English web
site may give some ideas -
but the descriptions are not all you will need.
Alex has many different
reports there - and many seem to depend on Venturi
and similar effects that
can assist in moving the gases around as you want
(for mixing and creating
turbulence, etc.)
2) I don't understand the phrase ""pull the cold
whatever out"
>I'm
> thinking also that this would go a long way to
deal with green wood.
(RWL): I don't quite see the
connection. Certainly there are ways to use
exhaust gases to pre-dry
green wood, but I don't believe blowers solve any
major green-wood combustion
problem easily in the way you are describing. I
hope others will chime
in.
> Of course, that
probably also negates it's usefulness for
> 3rd world, but not for
me.
>
(RWL): Not sure
what problem you are trying to solve - but this
list pretty much stays away
from standard modern high-cost, wood burning
stoves. This is NOT to say
that electric blowers have no place in 3rd
world countries.
>
>> (RWL): Paul - I suggest you look at Harmon's
"cybershamanix web
> >> site -
> >> this man has some
interesting background in his vita that could be
> >> especially
helpful on your "stoves" documentation project.
> >
>
>
> > And a note to Harmon: Are you familiar with the project
concerning
> > the stoves documentation?
>
>
>
> Not at all.
What's it about?
>
(RWL): I'll let Paul answer
the question - but I can add that persons
interested in library science,
information transfer, stoves, and third world
country development are not so
common on this list. No possibility of
consulting fees, probably, but a
lot of job satisfaction from being able to
throw in a little guidance on best
tools and practices on a very small
project that Paul has started for the
stoves community. Hope you might
find some time to
help.
Ron
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