[Stoves] The other side of airpollution

[AJH]

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 15:04:05 -0400, Kevin Chisholm wrote:

>1: It is a fact that a stove with a chimney can be made to work more 
>efficicently than a stove that does not have a chimney.

For what definitions of efficiency? From an energy conversion
standpoint I actually think you are wrong, simply because the chimney
is not a good "heat engine" for creating the draught necessary to
work. It may be the most cost effective though.
>
>2: It is a fact that exhaust hoods and chimneys can reduce the hazards of 
>IAP by 1 or more orders of magnitude, or perhaps even eliminate it entirely.

This looks more reasonable but could well be challenged by a clean
open flued device, such as we have seen good developments of, over the
last year.

Andrew Heggie