[Stoves] Retted Switchgrass Fireball Test

[Tom Miles]

Andrew,

I agree with you about the need to increase temperatures. 

A hazard of higher temperatures from char combustion when burning straw is
the potential to melt ash constituents in the straw or corrode the metal
parts with alkali salts. This could be partially offset by combined firing
with wood or paper.   

Tom

 
-----Original Message-----
From: 'AJH' [mailto:list at sylva.icuklive.co.uk] 
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 3:08 PM
To: tmiles at trmiles.com
Cc: stoves at listserv.repp.org
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Retted Switchgrass Fireball Test

On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 12:58:40 -0700, Tom Miles wrote:
<snip>

It makes me think that to burn the fireballs Jeff had trouble with you
will need to up the temperature in the primary zone of the tlud, which
is going to mean increasing air supply and burning a bit of char. This
off course has major implications for the life of the metal parts.

AJH