Test HK-L18
February 21, 2010
Fuel load similar to HK-L16 and L17. Warm heater.
White birch, 51.6 lb total, incl. 3.75 lbs kindling. 31.7% 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.
Modified bell from HK-L17.
Condar Spreadsheet Results
Condar Spreadsheet (includes detailed fueling data)
Animation, 2 minute intervals.
Flue gas
Compared to last run, bigger CO spike at the beginning, and long stretch of very low CO
Graph from Testo analyzer. 30 second sampling intervals.
The green line tracks the CO/CO2 ratio.
TESTO Excel data file
Raw data file
Opacity
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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