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

[AJH]

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:29:37 +0000, Steve Taylor wrote:

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>B***er.

Careful this is a family list ;-)
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>Mk II
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>Stove, a high temperature reaction vessel, supplied with air by some 
>means wherein pyrolytic reduction of organic materials takes place.
>Reaction heat and/or reaction products are utilised externally ?

Trouble is "reduction" is a specific term in this context and does not
mean to make smaller.

I refer you to my simpler definition ;-)

AJH