Critique my nerdery

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anno Domini

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Jan 15, 2024
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you would have to explain a bit more, as I am puzzled by the graph: it seems to suggest that the air intake setting determines the moisture content and BTU?

I can see how BTU output of a stove would be a function of the time into the burn.
But the other data (MC and air intake) don't compute for me, in both their relation and their presence in the graph.

Bottomline: please provide a caption to your figure, explaining what is plotted (and why).
 
Relative air intake is user determined: even if your stove's intake is set only half open, for the function of this graph it's "relatively" at 100% The x-axis is basically just time while user adjusts air intake.

Thank you for the input.
 
Sure.
But how does the moisture content factor into what you do with the air intake?