Chimney info

["Paul S. Anderson" <psanders@ilstu.edu>]

Stovers,

My local newspaper carried the following short item is "Grab Bag" by L.M. Boyd:

"In William Shakespeare's day, houses didn't have chimneys.  Fires, yes. 
Chimneys, no.  Or if any did, they were most exceptional."

Certainly the "chimney innovation" has not reached all of the impoverished 
homes in the world.  It makes you wonder if a Shell Foundation grant for 
"Household energy and health" could be put together just about chimneys.

But then again, the "burners" on modern stoves (not counting ovens with 
flues to vent the gasses) do not require chimneys.  Therefore, it seems to 
follow that clean burning of fuels (defined as the levels similar to 
operating a modern LPG - gas stove-top??) is all that is necessary to 
eliminate the need for chimneys.

Could some "Stovers" please comment about operation of their various models 
of stoves indoors, outdoors, with chimney, without chimney.

Concerning the Juntos gasifier stove, we have not tackled that chimney 
question yet.  But we desire sufficiently clean combustion that it competes 
with modern stoves and modern (processed) fuels.

Just some thoughts, about which others might want to add some comments.

Paul




Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D.,  Fulbright Prof. to Mozambique 8/99 - 7/00
Rotary University Teacher Grantee to Mozambique >10 mo of 2001-2003
Dept of Geography - Geology (Box 4400), Illinois State University
Normal, IL  61790-4400   Voice:  309-438-7360;  FAX:  309-438-5310
E-mail: psanders@ilstu.edu - Internet items: www.ilstu.edu/~psanders


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