I was wondering if anyone has tried the idea of passing a 2-3" dia. pipe through the firebox to heat air within the room?
Good idea del, but I don't think k he's talking about adding a secondary burn reactor.
Reactor Indeed!Good idea del, but I don't think k he's talking about adding a secondary burn reactor.
Reactor Indeed!
This is exactly what the millman did, down the road. He keeps logs on our farm.This idea isn't for our house, it's for want of a means to heat the air in the kiln for drying firewood. The kiln right now is electric, and the cost is manageable but just looking to see if there's ways to lower the costs. Either supplement the air in the kiln (intake to stove from lower region of kiln's internal air space) and then the output would go back into the kiln at a higher level.
Or, put up a small structure to pre-heat the wood before going in the kiln.
Or both.
How on earth did we get from adding a pipe as a heat exchanger to warm air in a greenhouse to secondary burn pipes? It's not even close to the topic the op had.
My old stove burns as clean as any of the new stoves with dry wood,clean chimney and correct draft settings.The fellow wants more heat in the room and is willing to do metal fabrication and modify his stove.
Increased efficiency puts more heat in the room.
Vs extracting more heat from the firebox of an already inefficiently burning 'smoke dragon'.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fis...ome..69i57.17057j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
My old stove burns as clean as any of the new stoves with dry wood,clean chimney and correct draft settings.
It's an add on, currently heated by electric.The fellow wants more heat in the room and is willing to do metal fabrication and modify his stove.
Increased efficiency puts more heat in the room.
Vs extracting more heat from the firebox of an already inefficiently burning 'smoke dragon'.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fis...ome..69i57.17057j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
There's nothing about the wood furnace not being efficient, you went down a rabbit trail for no reason. His question was simple. Can I add a pipe to heat air to a wood stove to supplement the ELECTRIC heater in my kiln?This idea isn't for our house, it's for want of a means to heat the air in the kiln for drying firewood. The kiln right now is electric, and the cost is manageable but just looking to see if there's ways to lower the costs. Either supplement the air in the kiln (intake to stove from lower region of kiln's internal air space) and then the output would go back into the kiln at a higher level.
Or, put up a small structure to pre-heat the wood before going in the kiln.
Or both.
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