Experimental wood gasification stove

[crudeoilsystems]

i like it

[GeorgeVeld]

I have an outdoor wood stove and every time the damper closes(automaticly) i get a beautifull white plume of smokefor a bout 10 to 15minits (wood gasI asume ) has any one ever tried to harness this gas ??please mesage back ty

[rocks2rocks06]

Mostly tars and by products of combustion there is a way to reform/react that to use full energy with out the tars look at ppv on line it should be up buy now

[douglundy]

DO NOT but water coils near the combustion chamber, put them on the exhaust side. You want the fire HOT, dont cool it..thats why it burns clean..

Take the heat out later in the system..read Aprovecho engineering information on Rocket stove and heating..

Insulate this stove, and youve got a REAL cooker!

[douglundy]

You can cut fire glass with a tile saw. use any old pyrex dish..unless you want to buy pyrex glass at $50 per square foot.

[shaunvvoc]

Could I get more details on this please

[johnjmw1]

Yea, that was sharp! Are you going to post anything on the design or how to build one? I'd like one like that for my cabin!

John

[spiderpig85]

i saw on the discovery channel an experimental engine fueled by wood. through gastrification i think you can get surprisingly high amount of energy from wood based products.

[Stovesonline]

A better test would probably be:

1 - measure weight of fuel and calculate it's calorific value.

2 - run the stove measuring the flue gas temperature throughout.

3 - refuel a few times

4 - measure the temp increase to the water tank from beginning to end.

This should give - heat wasted up the flue, heat to water, heat to room.

A 'proper test' in a UK test house also measures the level of unburnt hydrocarbons in the flue gas and particulate levels......

improvements?

[Stovesonline]

not sure I haven't done any serious testing yet.

Really I want to get the max heat to water so I think I'll connect it to it's own water tank and then measure the heat gain to that over time....

[theMacvarish]

@Stovesonline I've seen a similar,manufactured, unit working as a focal fire. It has a "cool touch" flue containing a micro bore heat exchange worm, which runs domestic hotwater.The primary exchanger is built around the fire boxes and runs underfloor heating. Radiant heat loss from the iron housing provides a pleasant boost to the room.Don't know how well that works in summer ?

[Jkirk3279]

Pretty !  Where did you buy the ceramic glass for the window?

[ozzirt]

Try your local rubbish tip. Get it out of an old discarded electric or gas stove. Chose the rightr size as cutting is not possible.

[rafffe]

would love to see how its build. :-P

[carmindolindo]

Very nice! How can I get a plan to build one?

[alu77u]

wow looks great ! can you show more info on building etc.. ?