[Stoves] Lowering emissions

[Paul S. Anderson]

Tami,

I had not thought about the volatile matter passing out more easily if the
along-grain dimension is short.  Is there a reference about this?  Seems that
this could be important in why gasifiers like to have chunky rather than long
fuels (apart from the flow of the fuel through the gasifier.)

Paul
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Quoting Tami Bond <yark at uiuc.edu>:

> Crispin,
>
> I'd also suggest that the smallest cross-grain dimension and along-grain
> dimensions would be more important than surface area to volume. This
> might dictate the rate at which heat transfers in, and volatile matter
> transfers out.
>
> cheers
> Tami
>
>
> Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
>> How can I measure the surface area of a selection of firewood, compared with
>> its volume?
>>
>
>
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