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2008 Condar Tests

Test HK-J23
February 15/08

White birch, 20% moisture, 70.5 lbs
Very large pieces, smaller on top, 7 pieces
Stack sloped towards kindling
Warm heater (137F firebox temp), warm fuel
Side ignition.
Cold kindling, false start, needed boost with torch
Very large log #1 (bottom right), 14.2 lbs - required repositioning at the end to burn.

Animation HK-J
Animation, 2 minute intervals.
Last 10 minutes missing.

gas analysis
Flue gas
Computer crash, last 10 minutes of gas data lost - substituted with estimated data.
Very low CO. Lowest CO/CO2 ratio recorded to date, 0.0010, around 60 minutes.

TESTO Excel data file

opacity
Opacity

Condar Spreadsheet Results
Condar Spreadsheet Results

Condar Spreadsheet (includes detailed fueling data)

HK
Fuel stack. Kindling on right side. Smaller pieces on top.

fuel pile
Fuel pieces, numbered 1 - 10 from left to right.

Graphical data comparison of Condar tests


This page was updated on February 17, 2008
This page was created on February 16, 2008