Re: Down draft stoves are grate!

[Reedtb2@cs.com]

Dear Ron:

You said "    But my main point is that I can find no-one doing stove R&D
 incorporating both DD and air control (implying a closed batch load of fuel)
 with a small controllable port for primary air control).  This looks
 potentially attractive and I hope someone can report on whether it has some
 advantages."

 You might remember that the Turbo Stove we showed you at CPC had both 
control over the fraction of primary air (to adjust the Air/Fuel ratio to 
various fuels or limit power) and over the overall air supply (a gate on the 
blower) to control total power once the correct air/fuel ratio was arrived at.
                                                            OOOOOOOOO
Are you going to ETHOS?  I plan to go but haven't got my ticket yet.  Let me 
know what plane you are taking and maybe we can share a cab to U. Seattle....

Cheers,                     TOM REED               BEF STOVEWORKS


In a message dated 1/1/02 8:34:25 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ronallarson@qwest.net writes:

<< 
 Rogerio, Piet, et al
 
     I agree with Piet (not to promote the DDS) - if we limit ourselves to
 the style of fuel feeding described by Piet and Khan.
 
     But I think there is plenty of evidence from the gasifier community
 (Reed, Das,....) that downdraft works well for pellets and gas production.
 I also think that we should heed the good words offered by Dean Still on
 some advantages they have found with DD.
 
     But my main point is that I can find no-one doing stove R&D
 incorporating both DD and air control (implying a closed batch load of fuel)
 with a small controllable port for primary air control).  This looks
 potentially attractive and I hope someone can report on whether it has some
 advantages.
 
     Perhaps yours is the group to give it a try, since the DD stove
 described by Piet is rather close to your own designs as I understand them
 (meaning a large metal plate and a chimney).
 
 
 Ron
  >>

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