[Stoves] Re Alexis Belonio article

[David G. LeVine]

At 02:57 PM 4/7/2007, you wrote:
>The issue is how the steam (costly in energy terms as the latent heat
>of vapourisation is lost up the flue) could be beneficial. Could
>this heat loss be offset by the turbulence it introduced, through a
>small jet,  by better mixing? Which may enable less excess air
>AND/OR could the steam assist a reaction and offer better heat
>transfer properties.

Look at old steam locomotives and the draft inducers -- steam jets up 
the stack to pull air into the fire.

Lossy, inefficient, and many other bad things, but the gain in power 
output was huge.


David G. LeVine
Nashua, NH  03060