Re: Catalytic Converter Shapes and photo 29KB

["Lanny Henson" <lanny@roman.net>]

 

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From: Lanny Henson

To: stoves@ crest.org

Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:05 PM

Subject: Re: Catalytic Converter Shapes and photo 29KB

 

Dean and stovers

It is funny that you mentioned catalytic converters and the possibility of
> using different shapes other than honey cone. Here is my first attempt. I
> made a coil shape using ceramic cloth that I made rigid. I have not tested
> it. I have also made some pipe shapes that are light weight and rigid. I
> expect that they will hold up to 2000 degF to 2500 degF and would fail/melt
> at about 3000degF.
> The ceramic cloth is $1.50 per sq. ft so it should be practical to use as a
> stove construction material. It Is available though me. lanny@roman. net.
> Please let me know if this email with photo is too large.
> Photo 2 is in  a seperate email "catalytic converter shapes photo 2" at 37KB
> Lanny
 
>
>
> >>PUT A CATALYTIC CONVERTER ABOVE THE FIRE in the chimney of the bucket
> stove.
> >>This converter will get very hot, about 1,800 F.(?) so most heating stove
> >>additions will not work, I guess. Palladium and other coatings make the
> >>piece really expensive in third world terms. If you go this route I think
> >>the piece must cost less than ten dollars and be bulletproof, last for
> many
> >>years, really work. My suggestions:
> >>
> >>A honeycomb, ceramic that gets so hot (placed right above the fire) that
> >>flue gases are forced to combust without using fancy coatings like
> >>palladium, etc.
> >>
> >>Play with secondary combustion using different shapes other than
> honeycomb.
> >>Dean
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