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2014 Heater Fuel Tests at Shawville

Test HK-M33
March 19, 2014

Red oak cordwood, big pieces
Side ignition.  Newspaper 3/4 up the kindling pile.
60.7 lbs including 5.5 lbs kindling
16.4% moisture.

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 


Animation,  5 minute intervals.  Newspaper is located half way up the kindling stack.


Flue gas curves.

TESTO Excel data file

Testo graph
Testo gas graph, entire cyle.


Opacity graph. 

Opacity



Red oak cordwood.  Largest pieces were placed at the bottom, smallest pieces at the top.


Stacked in firebox


Burn sequence 5 minute intervals


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