[Stoves] Fan-blaster Combustors, Stove Camp 2006, and theDell-Point Pellet Stove

[Tom Miles]

Maybe this is a question for Dean: what is the minimum power requirement for
a stove to be tested with the 5 Liter WBT?

If the Phillips, Reed, Woodflame stoves are all too small and have to be
operated in a special way what kind of fuel inventory and kW power rating is
the minimum for this test? Or do we know?

Tom





-----Original Message-----
From: psanders at ilstu.edu [mailto:psanders at ilstu.edu] 
And it was Dean who clearly stated to me that the Woodgas Campstove has been
repeatedly operated in this same way (what I am calling "fan-blaster") in
previous emissions testing because the duration of the burning by a 
single load
of fuel in the small fuel chamber of the Woodgas Campstove was not
sufficient
for completion of the WBT Water Boiling Test.  I am sure that is true
because
the Campstove's capacity for the "official wood" used in all emissions
testing
at Aprovecho is significantly less that what is needed to accomplish even
the
boiling of 5 liters of water, and then still to have the pot simmer for 45
minutes.  I understand and accept that way of operation during those tests
because the Woodgas Campstove is not able to be reloaded for further T-LUD
operation without removing the pot, emptying out the char/ash, partially
cooling the inside of the stove to prevent ignition at the bottom, and then
reloading and relighting for T-LUD operation, and replacement of the pot
onto
the stove.  Such a procedure is not convenient, so the procedural solution
was
use what I am now calling "fan-blaster" combustion.  What is interesting is
that the "fan-blaster" mode of operation was not recognized or noted or
reported, and we thought it was a T-LUD operation.