[Stoves] Wick Burners: Martin's Tea Time Candle Stove

[Boll, Martin Dr.]

Frank,
Before writing this, I read as well the comment of Frans and Crispin.
Crispin talks about a lot of charcoal which existed after the successful
burn. If you do not want that charcoal-production I have another proposal:
I think it would be useful, to have some "blow" upside down through the
flames directed into the gasification area. Remember the Deom-stove I
brought into discussion under the topic "blow by draft" (I think a year ago)

By the deom-stove the secondary-air is preheated by the flames and directed
direct to the burning flames and the fuel-bed. And that burns the charcoal
as well.
In the description of the stove-manufacturer, they say, beside wood can be
fired other fuel, so as saw-dust paper and cardboard.

But that would afford a certain chimney and diminishing of the primary
air-stream form the bottom.

I think a main point of burning the cardboard in Crispins Vesto-stove is,
that the secondary-air is as well preheated, as in the beginning directed to
the burning area. And that, I think is the difference to succeed in
cardboard burning.

In every case, it will be easiest for you, to make first Frans's proposal,
and have a look. Simple solutions can be so good. (Think of the tea-candle
burning)


By the way: I hope you took the word nosy in my last posting in the sense of
curious, which I intended to take when I looked into the dictionary and had
to find the right word out of a multiple choice.
 
Whish you smoke-free burning

Martin


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: frank [mailto:frank at compostlab.com]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 6. Oktober 2006 00:58
> An: Boll, Martin Dr.
> Cc: Stoves-List; 'Frans Peeters'
> Betreff: Re: AW: [Stoves] Wick Burners: Martin's Tea Time Candle Stove
> 
> Martin,
> It just burned like cardboard. More smoke than I want and the fire would
> go out (smolder)  as it went close to the metal barrel. I did not have a
> way to push it up and it was in the tube a little tighter than I want -
> but thats what was on hand. Perhaps the tubes were squashed together or
> bent so they didn't work or they would not have made any difference
> anyways. Or a fan at the bottom pushing air up the tube would work. I
> was thinking of adding a layer of pine needles along the cardboard
> before rolling it up. All this goes on the back burner for awhile.
> 
> Frank
> 
>