Does anybody know if there is a chart that gives an idea about temperature inside stove using cat thermometer converted to BTUs?
http://forestry.usu.edu/htm/forest-products/wood-heatingDoes anybody know if there is a chart that gives an idea about temperature inside stove using cat thermometer converted to BTUs?
I think the methods outlined above were intended to give you a way to generate your own correlation for your stove. Since every cat is not the same, cat temperature will not be the same BTU/hr from stove to stove. There might be a way to relate cat temperatures to BTU/hr if you know lots of other factors such as cat volume, cat thickness front to back, and cat temperature profile.Love the all the info thank you. I have a digital thermometer that reads the cat temp and wanted to know if the stove temp is ex 800 how many BTUs it was delivering.
Thank you, may be a project one day to figure it out I was hoping somebody did the work already.I think the methods outlined above were intended to give you a way to generate your own correlation for your stove. Since every cat is not the same, cat temperature will not be the same BTU/hr from stove to stove. There might be a way to relate cat temperatures to BTU/hr if you know lots of other factors such as cat volume, cat thickness front to back, and cat temperature profile.
To me it sounds like a good master's thesis for a college kid. Maybe they could show a simple relationship we do not know about that would allow folks to estimate the expected performance of any cat based on its face temperature or the probe temperature.
As far as moisture impacts, I call them penalties, that rideau refers to, don't forget the huge penalty associated with actually boiling that water at around 970 BTU/lb of water. A couple of ounces of water in a pound of wood is stealing about 120 BTU just to turn to steam. That is 12% moisture wood, not wet wood. It also averages about 1 BTU/lb to get a 1 degree rise in temperature and you pay for that all the way from room temperature to 212ºF so figure at least another 140 degrees from 72ºF to 212ºF. That is another 17 BTU/lb for that 12% moisture wood. I would subtract at least 140 BTU from the numbers that rideau came up with.