[Stoves] Charcoal Stoves

[cornelio torrijos]

Hi Stovers,

Accept for the moment that most lump charcoal (not briquets) are more or
less, probably less, uniform world wide and therefore the differences would
be in the design of the stove and not the fuel. Accept further that the
temperatures at which charcoal is produced can vary greatly and the species
of wood used to convernt into also varies greatly.

The question for which I earnestly seek your inputs is: What are the top
three or five qualities or characteristics would like to see in a "more or
less ideal" charcoal stove (small, medium and large sizes of the same basic
design) of those being produced/use in your country or region? Repeat -- "in
your country or region."

Two sets of answers needed -- one from the point of view of a
designer/scientist and the other from the point of view of a regular user.
You can be as specific or broad as you wish in your answers.

I wont know if this question makes sense until I see some of the answers.
But then, I am not afraid to ask possibly "stupid" questions. The answers
will definitely increase my knowledge by more than 100%.

Thank you in advance for your inputs.

Sincerely,

Cornelio


On 10/12/07, David G. LeVine <dlevine at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
>
> > >Testing the (WBT) test for the specific issues that have been raised
> would
> > >seem to be in order. How would you test the tests? Can you design a
> suitable
> > >test program to do that?
>
> The question of fuel bothered me until I realized that having a
> standard, specified fuel is a bad idea.
>
> Let's use liquid fueled stoves as a parallel.  If alcohol is the
> laboratory "gold standard", a kerosine (Paraffin to those in the UK)
> based stove will not work well, conversely if WMO (Waste Motor Oil)
> is the fuel, alcohol stoves won't work well.
>
> If dry fir waste is the standard fuel, a stove which relies on the
> characteristics of wood pellets won't do well, and a Rocket won't do
> well on wood pellets.
>
> It might be worth considering a couple of fuels rather than just one.
>
> David G. LeVine
> Nashua, NH  03060
>
>
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