Other than burning good wood and not choking down a slow smoldering fire what can be done to maximize my heat output and minimize smoke creosote yucky stuff.
Adding secondary burn to wood stove.
With secondary combustion systems for wood stoves this secondary heat can be used to add additional heat energy to the primary heat.
Burning wet unseasoned wood will build up tar and acid in your firebox.
Maybe i should also add some insulation tiles to the baffle plate.
Stove world uk explains why a woodburning stove with secondary burn is so good.
2 the secondary air you are looking for will only work well if you burn dry wood.
Lower part it would certainly help to keep the temperatures high.
Scott added an air supply for secondary combustion and retrofitted a catalytic combustor.
Clear benefits of secondary combustion are increased heat output with less wood lower emissions and decreased creosote formation.
This is a project to increase the efficiency of an older but still very serviceable wood burning stove.
Part 2 of 2 yet another improvement to my old franko belge lorraine multi fuel stove log burner that has enabled cleaner combustion and more fuel savings.
To achieve the secondary burn you will need secondary air.
That gradually stops when the wood becomes more charcoal like and burns with less flames.
Then it enters the front of the stove over the fire is routed through solid pipe to the rear of the stove for preheating and then is dumped into the top of the burn area just under the baffle through the holes drilled down the length of the burn tubes.
Secondary burn is a feature incorporated in the majority of new wood burning stoves.
I have a vogelzang mountaineer wood stove non catalytic steel box lined with firebrick steel baffle above fire and air intake above glass viewing door.
Secondary burn or combustion on a wood stove is the process of burning off waste gases higher up in the stove in order to produce more heat and to reduce emissions.
The secondairy burn is mostly used in the first phase of a new log.
Scott also goes through a method for actually measuring the efficiency of a wood stove using just a wind meter and a thermometer.
It is sometimes referred to as a clean burn clean burning stove or tertiary air all of which mean a reduction in emissions and an overall improved efficiency.
Here goes to achieve secondary burn 1 you need a good amount of heat in your stove and good coals.
Currently the sides and back are insulated.
The tubes run up the sides of the stove.
