Test HK-L17
February 20, 2010
Second test of a control pair with cordwood. Matched set of fuel loads. Warm heater.
White birch, 53.1 lb total, incl. 3.75 lbs kindling. 28.3% moisture.
North-South loading. Largest pieces first. Loaded onto a coal bed (Colorado method)
Efficiency is calculated at 95% oxygen recovery (Colorado method).
Stack temperature corrected for height.
For this test, the bell attached to the heater was modified. A diverter brick was added
inside. The average stack temperature dropped 13 degrees, and the efficiency increased
by 1.5%.
Top view of bell, through the ceramic glass lid.
Gases exit the heater at the top left. Two 13.5" high bricks have been added as a diverter, with
space at the sides for bypass.
Gases enter the chimney at the lower right.
Condar Spreadsheet Results
Condar Spreadsheet (includes detailed fueling data)
Animation, 2 minute intervals.
Flue gas
Graph from Testo analyzer. 30 second sampling intervals.
The green line tracks the CO/CO2 ratio.
TESTO Excel data file
Raw data file
Opacity
First 3 minutes of data missing. The tallest spike is when the main fuel load went in (bottom ignition from the coal bed).
PM measurement started at 8 minutes, and does not include the kindling burn.
Fuel load.
Stacking is North-South, with largest pieces on bottom, onto a coal bed.
Fuel load. Pieces are ordered smallest to largest, left to right. Stacking was from right to left (largest pieces on the bottom).
Burn sequence.
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