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2014 Heater Fuel Tests at Shawville

Test HK-M20
March 2, 2014

White birch cordwood
46.0 lbs including 4.0 lbs kindling
15.2% moisure
Stack temperature corrected for height.

Pisla HTT 602 door, 22" wide
Austrian eco firebox, see  http://www.heatkit.com/research/lopez-2014-03-01.html
Custom air frame, setup "D"
Rear grate closed

Condar Spreadsheet Results
Condar Spreadsheet Results

Condar Spreadsheet (includes detailed fueling data)

Animation
Animation,  5 minute intervals. 
See burn videos, below.

gas analysis
Flue gas
- from lighting  side kindling

TESTO Excel data file

Testo graph
Testo gas graph, entire cyle
First stack temperature spike was a false start where the kindling caught very slowly and was removed.


Opacity graph. 
The first spike lasting 10 minutes was a false start where the kindling was catching very slowly and was removed.

Opacity

fuel load
Fuel load.


Stacked in firebox


Burn sequence














This page was updated on March 2, 2014
This page was created on March 2, 2014