Got an idea , want to discuss new technology about wood stoves.
A new forum has opened on the Next Generation Stove Design Challenge Website.
Check it out and contribute if you have ideas and comments and while you are there give Hearth.com a plug.
http://www.forgreenheat.org/stovedesign/forum.html
I think we all on Hearth are interested in keeping wood heat on the fore front of technology so lets get behind this and make people aware.
*********************************** UPDATE **********************
I was glad to see this clarification as it means they are trying to design new wood stoves people like us on Hearth.com can use. Last count there were 40 design teams competing.
It should be made very clear to all concerned that this competition
is for "cord wood stoves with fireboxes that are designed to operate inside a home’s living room" to address the forgreenheat orgs objectives for affordable/sustainable etc heat generation."
The contest is not about cooking or using sticks and twigs to heat
tents or shelters in the developing world.
The size of the fuel is going to dictate the size of the device
and restrict the variability of the entries. ie there will be
no portable tent stoves or rocket stove type designs etc.
( they cannot burn 18" cordwood )
If wide variability were desired, the judges would let the
contestants define the fuel size and then judge based
upon efficiency of heat output vs fuel input based upon
fuel quantity used. ( but that would probably take us
away from the living room environment )
My suggestion is that since most of the world thinks of stoves
for cooking food, that the contest be renamed to use the
word "heater" instead of "stove" to avoid confusion.
I am sure Popular Mechanics would agree.
Lastly, it appears that innovation is being encouraged
in that a bypassing of traditional regulatory testing
is allowed for devices to be used in environments that
will require this regulatory testing to occur before they can
be legally used.
A new forum has opened on the Next Generation Stove Design Challenge Website.
Check it out and contribute if you have ideas and comments and while you are there give Hearth.com a plug.
http://www.forgreenheat.org/stovedesign/forum.html
I think we all on Hearth are interested in keeping wood heat on the fore front of technology so lets get behind this and make people aware.
*********************************** UPDATE **********************
I was glad to see this clarification as it means they are trying to design new wood stoves people like us on Hearth.com can use. Last count there were 40 design teams competing.
It should be made very clear to all concerned that this competition
is for "cord wood stoves with fireboxes that are designed to operate inside a home’s living room" to address the forgreenheat orgs objectives for affordable/sustainable etc heat generation."
The contest is not about cooking or using sticks and twigs to heat
tents or shelters in the developing world.
The size of the fuel is going to dictate the size of the device
and restrict the variability of the entries. ie there will be
no portable tent stoves or rocket stove type designs etc.
( they cannot burn 18" cordwood )
If wide variability were desired, the judges would let the
contestants define the fuel size and then judge based
upon efficiency of heat output vs fuel input based upon
fuel quantity used. ( but that would probably take us
away from the living room environment )
My suggestion is that since most of the world thinks of stoves
for cooking food, that the contest be renamed to use the
word "heater" instead of "stove" to avoid confusion.
I am sure Popular Mechanics would agree.
Lastly, it appears that innovation is being encouraged
in that a bypassing of traditional regulatory testing
is allowed for devices to be used in environments that
will require this regulatory testing to occur before they can
be legally used.
