[TheForge] Wood Gassification heating?

[Jerry Frost]

Absolutely right, you must have controlled air to the 
secondary and tertiary burn zones AND a safe route for 
the forces to escape if a detonation occurs.

Usually when a stove flashes over it's just a muffled 
woof and a belch of smoke comes out around the door(s). 
Still, it can have some real power behind it if you do 
something wrong.

Many years ago I was heating with a barrel stove and a 
(short term) room mate just couldn't get it through his 
head around some basic wood stove facts. Like if it 
isn't putting out enough heat you don't put more wood 
in it. Conversely, when it's really cranking the heat 
it's time for more wood. Freddy wouldn't listen either 
and I'd told him repeatedly to not mess with it.

We were getting it up to heat one evening and I stepped 
outside to relieve myself. I came in the door just in 
time to see him opening the door, several pieces of 
wood at hand. The resulting detonation blew the door 
off the barrel stove and out the front door of the 
quonset hut. I managed to jump out of the way mainly 
because I had a good idea what was going to happen; 
it'd been woofing a little when I went out.

I made him pick up all the burning embers while I 
retrieved the stove door and dug out a couple more 
nails to hang it with. He was gone two days later for 
cause besides not paying his share of the rent.

And yes, colliers made and transported charcoal.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" 
<artgawk at thegrid.net>


>A further caution; That gas is also potentially very 
>explosive. Colliers ( is that the right term) were 
>killed or injured not infrequently ,working the trade.
>