Thanks, Jeff. I actually have an improved version of the 'Simplest Storage' system that I need to finish up and post to replace the existing sticky thread in this forum.
Back when I posted the original, I was swimming upstream against the 'Primary / Secondary Loop' approach that was very popular at the time. My issue with primary/secondary loop systems is that they don't lend themselves to maintaining high levels of thermal stratification in storage.
Since then, John Siegenthaler and others have embraced the virtues of stratification and the supply/return approach in 'simplest storage' is better appreciated.
Sorry Woodboiler_Newbie - didn't mean to turn this into the NoFossil retirement home lounge...
If anyone else has guidance or links that discuss fire starting and tending in gasification boilers with forced draft, I think that's what the OP is looking for. The Attack boiler has a blower that pulls exhaust from the boiler and blows it out the flue.
Us Eko owners don't have forced draft so our fire starting is different. I don't know the interaction of the bypass damper and the exhaust fan during startup, for instance. 3fordasho's post has links to some videos that are great, but more explanation and examples might be helpful.
