Look Ma, no fan! Natural draft, biochar producing, pyrolytic blueflame LuciaStove

[hiramcook]

Wow Nat, that is one neat stove! I take my hat off to your craftsmenship.

[WorldStove]

Hiram shes nothing compared to the stoves you make you are one of the true stove masters. Just wish you produced them as does tinny. By the way, remember your bunsen burner idea? I may have got it to work. More later

[benniblueyes]

Despite the absence of a blower, in my opinion, the flame (the beautiful blue flame) has the same power of a large burner (at medium power) of a common gas hob.

Excellent job, nat.

[WorldStove]

Grazie Maurizio! The flame is not as hot as it looks and is still temperamental, but I am happy about getting a blue flame with only wood and grasses. Am still working on the fan versions too, will be developing both in parallel

[sitonapotatopanotis]

Was that a power source i saw plugged in at the base?

[WorldStove]

Nope, its a thermometer probe. Ive noticed that the fan free stove gets hotter and so Ive been plotting temp curves for each component. Ill post some updates soon so you can see there really is no fan.

[NCHiker1970]

Nothing like success! Great job on this stove, all that hard work paid off!

[WorldStove]

Thanks Drak, shes a loooooong way from where I want her. Trying to make the flame harder to blow out and make it impossible for big wood to be used in order to help save trees. Ill keep posting.

[NCHiker1970]

In time you will figure it out, I have every bit of confidence in you! This is going to be something great when you have it the way you want it to be!

[86thmountmerrion]

Very well done that's such a nice flame and there isn't even a gas wick!!!

Do you have any boil times and have you done any test runs with a gas wick???

Well done 5/5

[WorldStove]

No boil times yet not yet happy with the flame. in this clip she is burning only grass and wood, no starter but the emissions are not where I would like them to be (yet). As for the gas wick, while I do like the small flame a gas wick can provide (good for keeping things warm) it makes it hard to add fuel so I have been working on a new series of vortexes to allow an inner air column to act as a gas wick

[86thmountmerrion]

Wow your ideas sound very interesting will there be a vid of the finished product.?

Also just wondering,If you were to make the air intake holes at the bottom of the stove smaller would that cause the air to be sucked in at a higher rate and help the combustion of the stove?

[4ancientarts]

nice stove! I am still playing with cans until I get a good wrap on this concept.

[WorldStove]

I know what you mean. I go grocery shopping with a calliper, cans are so much faster than the lathe ;o)

[TerraFirma369]

Excellent! When we get it right, it makes all the work worth it. 5*! Peace.

[WorldStove]

boy, and how! going home today with a goofy grin on my face.