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Post by ksawle on Jan 23, 2013 7:46:05 GMT -8
I have the burn pot from an old coal furnace. Would this be too large to convert into a MRS heater for my shop? The dimensions are 66" tall by 38" wide. Any information would be helpful.
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Post by JJ on Jan 23, 2013 8:16:10 GMT -8
I have the burn pot from an old coal furnace. Would this be too large to convert into a MRS heater for my shop? The dimensions are 66" tall by 38" wide. Any information would be helpful. How big is your shop?
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Post by JJ on Jan 23, 2013 8:21:50 GMT -8
I have the burn pot from an old coal furnace. Would this be too large to convert into a MRS heater for my shop? The dimensions are 66" tall by 38" wide. Any information would be helpful. My husband and I are still building our first. In Ianto's book, there's a paragraph with a suggestion about "shops," on page 59: Where would I choose not to build a Rocket Stove? Buildings that are irregularly occupied such as churches, meeting halls, etc need to be heated rapidly and don’t benefit from long-term stored heat. In large houses with many rooms in very cold zones where heat needs to reach rooms distant from the stove, it might make sense to heat selected rooms by forced hot air. In a work space such as a carpentry shop where one seldom sits down it might be better to have a stove which delivers a lot of radiant heat in place of storing heat, so that you can quickly adjust your comfort by moving closer or further from the stove. In outdoor rooms or living spaces that are not well sealed such as teepees, tents, etc the air heated by the storage would leave the building before you got a chance to enjoy it. Better maybe to put in a stove that delivers high temperature radiation such as a barrel stove or a Rumford fireplace. If you don't already have his book, you can purchase it or the ebook here: rocketstoves.comOn Larry's site: bioenergylists.org/stovesdoc/Still/Rocket%20Stove/Principles.htmlThe cross sectional area (perpendicular to the flow) of the combustion
chamber should be sized within the range of power level of the stove.
Experience has shown that roughly twenty-five square inches will suffice for
home use (four inches in diameter or five inches square). Commercial size is
larger and depends on usage.From what I understand the cross sectional area is important - so you might want to first see where the placement of your stove is - and see how it's going to radiate heat and to where. I can't find the link, but I watched a youtube video about a week ago where a guy had a pretty big shop - all one room - and that rocket heater he had was positioned so as to make the corner of his shop "round" and it radiated out into the entire shop and kept it warm for him. He was using a 55 gallon barrel. Not sure what the cross sectional dimensions on that particular one was though. Donkey could probably give you more specifics as I'm still learning. He's very good at this type of thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2013 8:22:49 GMT -8
Would work nicely as a bell, with such dimensions it could even be used horizontaly. If you do not want so much radiant heat you could cover large parts of it with mass.
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