[Stoves] Burning charcoal

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Lanny

Would it simply be that there was more charcoal surface exposed for 
combustion and that the difference in flame size and heat release was simply 
faster burning?

Best wishes,

Kevin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lanny Henson" <lanny at roman.net>
To: <Stoves at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 11:43 PM
Subject: [Stoves] Burning charcoal


>
> I have been testing the simple two can stove
> http://www.lanny.us/twocan.html, and I noticed that if I stacked charcoal
> around a pipe to retain a hole in the center, that there was a small flame
> above the hole. http://www.lanny.us/charf3.jpg. But when I used a steel 
> wire
> frame made from bucket handles http://www.lanny.us/charf1.jpg to maintain
> approximately the same diameter hole that I got a larger, continuous flame
> through out the burn. http://www.lanny.us/charf2.jpg
> http://www.lanny.us/charf4.jpg.
> I wonder why.
> Lanny Henson
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