[Stoves] TAO-Test (Three At Once)

[Boll, Martin Dr.]

Dear Frank,

Even, if you want to see the differences caused by (burning) different
fuels, you can use three identical stoves to test three different fuels 
_At once_: -e.g. fire-balls of different size, density or components-


Martin




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> Dear Martin,
> 
> I think your TAO-test would work fine for developing alcohol, and gas
> stoves that use a constant  product.  But you put the 'cart before the
> horse' when developing the small natural fuel stoves. There are so many
> variable in small fuels that effect the burn that we first need to
> organize these differences and design stoves around then (specifically
> for them) before we can test for the best stove for that fuel. We have a
> lot of work to do as I see it
> 
> Regards
> Frank
> 
> 
> 
> Boll, Martin Dr. wrote:
> 
> >Dear fellows of simple-stoves (tincanium, mud, etc.), simple stove-tests
> and
> >all.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thinking about differences in woodgas-burning in other topics, I think it
> >worth to bring my idea of a TAO-Test (Three At Once) to discussion:
> >
> >
> >
> >It is possibly too simple to mention, -because we all know, that nature
> >makes it like that-, but I dare to do:
> >
> >
> >
> >Proposal: Testing of simple stoves by the (-I call it-) three-at-once-
> test
> >(TAO-test. That means:  Three identically stoves, but with (only) one
> >(small) difference. The best tested of the three leads a step further (I
> >hope/guess it does in most cases), and so the less-good two stoves have
> >helped to find the right direction, to go further.
> >
> >
> >
> >By that: It was helpful to construct those stoves out of changeable
> parts,
> >to make a new TAO-Test under new conditions easier and quicker.
> >
> >So it is possible to draw a "genealogic-tree" of the tested stoves.
> >
> >-That includes in my idea changeable parts of clay! (Get them easily
> sealed
> >with mud, to endure a TAO-test-burn)-
> >
> >-Chrispin, from that point of view I asked a lot of months ago about
> forms
> >to cast stove-parts. You have been elsewhere on travel and you did
> certainly
> >not get the information. I have to re-look for what I asked precisely-
> >
> >
> >
> >-In some cases, there could be (tripel/TAO-)tested sectional differences
> in
> >the round/cercle of the same stove, to determine the favourite
> >dimension/shape; e.g. for secondary air-holes.
> >
> >The favour of the TAO-test is a step (and be it only small.) forward to
> more
> >perfection (or less misfortune!!) by each triple-test, -without knowing
> in
> >advance which of the three is the favourite one.
> >
> >-By that, it could be helpful to propose some "construction-standards" to
> be
> >able to connect parts and to compare tests.
> >
> >-Possibly working with cans, we had to describe these cans (by measure
> and
> >forming, and not only by the cans "coffee-name") to be exactly known/used
> >internationally.
> >
> >But that would be task of the specialists and practitioners.
> >
> >
> >
> >Let us have fun with the small difference(s).
> >
> >in stoving!
> >
> >
> >
> >Martin
> >
> >
 
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