Test HK-K15
February 4/09
Warm heater
White Birch, 20% moisture
8 pieces, 4.5 lbs kindling, 60.6 lbs total
Smaller pieces, very fast start in kindling stack.
CO spike at beginning, PM spike.
Air closed at 72 minutes with glowing coal bed.
Flue damper left open.
Animation, 2 minute intervals.
Flue gas
Air closed at 72 minutes, flue damper left open. Cold air bypass in firebox closed. Testo data from 1-72 minutes used for stack loss
and emissions calculations.
Opacity
Big spike for 10 minutes - small wood, fast start, fuel rich (very low O2) (not enough air)
Condar Spreadsheet Results
Condar Spreadsheet (includes detailed fueling data)
Fuel stack. Kindling is on the right side, layered with newspaper.
Fuel pieces, numbered 1 - 8 from left to right, heaviest to lightest piece.
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January 18, 2010
This page was created on February 4, 2009