[Stoves] Efficiency of clean fuel

[andrew]

On Tuesday 01 January 2008 22:55, IPC wrote:
> he simple water-loss test is what we have standardized on to
> compare fuels.  It is so easy to measure, and doesn't depend on
> the pot or any one of a host of other variables.  You just get the
> pot boiling well, then measure the rate at which the fuel is being
> used and the rate at which steam is being lost from the pot.

I expect Crispin will comment on this, what you are measuring is the 
heat supplied to the pot less the heat lost out of the sides of the 
pot at 100C. If the same pot and routine is used then a comparison 
can be made between fuels.

AJH