Post by caotropheus on Sept 30, 2012 20:29:30 GMT -8
Greetings
First post here. I am a newbie to rocket stoves and my background about this issue is resumed to youtube videos, some internet information and a small cooking rocket stove I build from food cans. I got particularly interested on rocket stoves first because I need to heat a small place and second, when I saw this video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzc9rUq3Flc&feature=plcp
I would like to build a portable metal stove of this type, but I know nothing about technical aspects of rocket stoves and II would like to learn them. I have lots of questions, like what is the right relation between combustion chamber volume and chimney diameter? What is the best relation between chimney diameter and length? What is the best length for a combustion chamber in relation to chimney diameter? what is the best relation betwwen combustion chamber length and chimney length? Is it worth to use secondary combustion to increase the stove efficiency? (like in these videos)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZBN8nnc9wI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXFCH4upOOI
Can an air tight rocket stove with full intake air control reach higher temperatures and burn wood and gases better? how to make my wood stove burn like this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZQuOJNBYMo&feature=related
These are just some of the questions I have. I intend to make some experimentations on my backyard but if I have some information in first place, that would give me a great advantage to start with. Unfortunately, I have no equipment to make direct measurements, like temperature, air intake speed or gas composition. I will have to use indirect methods like measure time a fixed volume of water takes to heat up.
Hope you guys can help me, thank you very much in advance.
First post here. I am a newbie to rocket stoves and my background about this issue is resumed to youtube videos, some internet information and a small cooking rocket stove I build from food cans. I got particularly interested on rocket stoves first because I need to heat a small place and second, when I saw this video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzc9rUq3Flc&feature=plcp
I would like to build a portable metal stove of this type, but I know nothing about technical aspects of rocket stoves and II would like to learn them. I have lots of questions, like what is the right relation between combustion chamber volume and chimney diameter? What is the best relation between chimney diameter and length? What is the best length for a combustion chamber in relation to chimney diameter? what is the best relation betwwen combustion chamber length and chimney length? Is it worth to use secondary combustion to increase the stove efficiency? (like in these videos)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZBN8nnc9wI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXFCH4upOOI
Can an air tight rocket stove with full intake air control reach higher temperatures and burn wood and gases better? how to make my wood stove burn like this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZQuOJNBYMo&feature=related
These are just some of the questions I have. I intend to make some experimentations on my backyard but if I have some information in first place, that would give me a great advantage to start with. Unfortunately, I have no equipment to make direct measurements, like temperature, air intake speed or gas composition. I will have to use indirect methods like measure time a fixed volume of water takes to heat up.
Hope you guys can help me, thank you very much in advance.