[Gasification] r.e. Safety of Wood Gas

AJH list at sylva.icuklive.co.uk
Thu Jun 15 15:29:36 CDT 2006


On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:52:53 -0400, Mark & Elena Gallmeier wrote:

>As part of this effort, I suggest looking into what modern codes and 
>standards have been developed for the Korean 'ondol' charcoal house/floor 
>heating system.   I was introduced to this during a tour of duty in South 
>Korea in the 1980s.   The flue gasses from a charcoal furnace are ducted 
>into pipes running right underneath the floor.

Sounds like the hypercausts roman villas used, though I thought these
used wood and the flue heated the walls also. My mate helped build a
replica villa using this for TV, I think it still stands about 30miles
south of me in UK.

AJH




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