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Post by kirbylee on Mar 26, 2011 7:29:29 GMT -8
I am building a passive solar adobe home of about 1600 sq. ft, utilizing radiant floors with solar panels to supplement the passive solar aspects of the home. For additional heat I am designing a rocket system for those days when the sun is not shining much. I have put up a couple prototypes in the yard and am pleased with the roar when you get a good clean burn going. One of my biggest concerns in reading about rocket stoves in Ianto's book is that people with relatively small homes in the 400 sq ft. range describe hanging out on the heated bench as the comfortable place to be... does the stove work well enough to heat the rest of the room or is sitting on the stove the only comfortable place to be? I have read a lot about masonry stove also and my experiments are geared towards creating a hybrid between the rocket and the masonry heaters. My goal would be to create something with a horizontal fuel box and perhaps a built in oven such as often found with masonry heaters. Anyone have any comments on thier own experience with similar goals?
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Post by canyon on Mar 28, 2011 9:35:01 GMT -8
I am living in a just under 1000 square feet home with a horizontal feed RMH and I will be adding an oven soon. It heats my house well but in a cycling kind of way. When I am burning I can bring the air temp up to t-shirt or naked conditions by the end of the burn and it holds for hours gradually cooling to light sweater condition by the time I fire again (12 or 24 hours later depending on extreme of outside temp). The bench is always a naked conditon space. So it depends on the needs of the occupants. RMH's are masonry heaters(MH's). Every heating region in the world has its own versions of MH's that were developed for common use out of local materials tuned to the specific needs of the building/occupants. RMH's are just another flavor of MH's. So by saying "hybrid" you might need to be more specific about what kind(s) of MH(s) you are wanting to blend aspects from to get good feedback. By the way, I put 60' of 3/4" type K copper tubing in my mass bench to be able to heat the mass with my 6 flat plate collectors as well, so you can use the mass when the sun is shining and you aren't burning wood as well.  Where are you located anyway? |
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