[Stoves] Understanding "charcoal making" stoves. Was: energy lost in charcoal making and briquetting

[AJH]

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:59:25 +0000, Steve Taylor wrote:

>Lets try this for a fundamental descriptor of a stove:

Now I wish I hadn't joined in on this ;-(
>
>Stove, a high temperature retort wherein pyrolytic reduction of organic 
>materials takes place.

This fails on the definition of a retort, which is an enclosed vessel,
so the combustion products don't pass through.

AJH