burning oil in a rocket stove

[lolailando]

Hi everyone,
I am somehow familiar with counterflow masonry heaters and I just came across the rocket stove design.
I have always asked myself in burning vegetable oil could benefit from the counterflow design that I also see in the rocket stove design. My understanding is that wood needs to be gasified and a very hight tempt at the bell is needed for full combustion.
Could vegy and fat oils burning benefit from this design?
I like this design since modern house design shoul move towards better insulation rather than better burning and as such most masonry heaters are grossly oversized and slow to react to abrupt weather changes (I have lived with one in east Berlin).
I run my truck on veggy and have access to large amounts of oil/fats and wood also.
Would soaking wood in oil/fat improve/help complete wood combustion?
thanks

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Oct 29, 2012 15:39:20 GMT -8 lolailando said:

Hi My understanding is that wood needs to be gasified

Oil needs to be gasified too.

and a very hight tempt at the bell is needed for full combustion.

A bell has nothing to do with the combustion.

I like this design since modern house design shoul move towards better insulation rather than better burning

The insulation lobby has been very successful.
But at some point insulation will require even more fuel.
Houses are not only loosing energy to the environment but also get energy from it,
both will be prevented by insulation.

Would soaking wood in oil/fat improve/help complete wood combustion?

No.
It's just a simple way to burn some oil/fat.

[lolailando]

thanks for your answers Karl, but I heavily disagree in your understanding of insulation.
It is true that the fiberglas industry has a powerfull lobby misguiding everything they can with R values testes at delta-T that they like....
But a building can exchange energy with the environment in a control way.
This may not be the right place to discuse it but superinsulation and heat recovery ventilation is what we need to build to save this planet.

Now the insulation has to be in the outside of the building the thermal mass inside (opposite of US residential construction)... this is pure science....I am a litle surprise by your comment since it seem you have such a good understanding of combustion.
You can also ask anybody who has lived in a well insulated house (no fiberglass crap) about the comfort