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Post by buckeyenut on Jul 8, 2015 17:23:20 GMT -8
OK wanting to see how feasible this is to build for a newbie. I've never built a rocket stove and I intend to build the core before adding all the other stuff. I tried to explain my idea in this terrible drawing the best I can. Wish I had some drafting equipment. Also i figure on being two barrels high on riser and it making a 180 at the top down back to the manifold. But I'm trying to heat a 1200 Sq ft terribly insulated trailer through a hydronic system with radiators and home made air handlers. First question how big should I make my riser specs a 6 or 8 inch system. 2nd would the pipe system work or would I need waaaay too many pipes to keep up the draft? I figure I can fit three maybe 4 rows of pipes in a w configuration inside a 55 drum. And the water would pull the heat very quickly. I can also add additional barrels easily and cheap so as to extract as much heat as possible so I can shuttle it inside via pumps. Since its outside I really have no limit of footprint within reason. Thanks for any and all comments! And before you suggest building a regular rmh just know my wife is not comfortable with any fire heating source inside a trailer. Attachments:
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Post by alanloy on Jul 12, 2015 12:29:36 GMT -8
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Post by buckeyenut on Jul 16, 2015 17:02:05 GMT -8
That looks great I actually have a pretty good size hot water heater electric style sitting around I believe it's a 30 gallon. But would that be as efficient as the pipe idea? Or would it even matter because when you compare it to the efficiency of a typical outdoor wood furnace it's way better
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Post by alanloy on Jul 17, 2015 15:16:15 GMT -8
Thinking about what you want to achieve, you want to heat water that you are then going to pump around your hydronic system. At it's simplest a big pot of water on a stove would work. Do I have it right?? So if you used a rocket stove, put your 30 gallon tank (open to the air) on top of it and then built an insulated enclosure around the lot this would give you a simple, efficient system. Add some minor complications for filling the tank and pumping the water and this should work. Have you seen this document www.aprovecho.org/lab/index.php?option=com_rubberdoc&view=doc&id=118&format=raw The Sudanese gravity water heater might give you something to work with.
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Post by buckeyenut on Jul 17, 2015 18:42:58 GMT -8
Nice doc. I like the one in the other video and I already have most the supplies. I have a water heater. 2 55 gallon drums and can get more easily. I'm thinking water heater sleeved with 30 gallon from as a bell. Then wrap that in rock wool or perlite or something like that then sleeve that in a 55 drum and wrap in some normal insulation seems pretty simple and cheap.
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Post by alanloy on Jul 18, 2015 12:58:41 GMT -8
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Post by buckeyenut on Jul 18, 2015 20:20:30 GMT -8
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Post by alanloy on Jul 19, 2015 12:31:09 GMT -8
Sorry, they work for me and I don't know how to fix them. Perhaps if you copied them into your browser or google it might work.
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