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2007 Heater Testing at Shawville

Test HK-H06
February 20/07

Small sized maple
19% moisture
9 pieces , stacked 22221
Grate open, ashbox door closed. Left side ignition.
Air closed (error) for first 2 minutes.
Very clean and steady burn. Very low CO.
Animated Gif below, taken at 2 minute intervals . 110 minutes, total

test 070218

gas analysisopacity

Flue gas analysis (top) and opacity (bottom).
The flue gas opacity at this point represents the raw ohmeter readings. Scaling issues will be addressed
once there is more data, and with some bench tests to determine % extinction.
(update, March 04/07: it appears that the laser is being absorbed by CO2, revised light source is described in HK-H11 )
The dips after 55 minutes correspond to pokes of the fire, when the door was opened, and track the
red flue temperature readings.

HK-H06 fuel load
Fuel Load

TESTO Excel data file

Fueling data


This page was updated on March 4, 2007
This page was created on February 20, 2007