i know it sounds crazy but I have been playing with the rocket stove princiiple

[chainsawcircus]

I have built a small five gallon model based on you tube. The amount of heat it gives off is intense, was thinking of a 55gal model to heat the shop. Am I the only one, has anyone else thought about it?

 

[unclemoustache]

Dang! That sounds like a miracle stove! Lots to like about that.

This video was the first I saw, and it provided a great explanation and description.
The principles of a rocket stove and how to build one. - YouTube


This video is good for showing how to encorporate the stove in the home, but doesn't give a demonstration.
DRTV: Rocket Stoves - YouTube

and then a website devoted to it all:
Rocket Stoves -- Home

Thanks for this posting. I'm certainly interested now. Burns clean and efficient, doesn't seem to leave hardly any ash (which I Really like!), and can be home built for a great price. Wow.

 

[unclemoustache]

I wonder what they do for long term maintenance. Surely the 55 gal barrel can't last forever, and there must be some kind of chimney cleaning. Seems rather difficult to do that if your chimney is embedded in cob, but maybe they have access ports built in.

 

[chainsawcircus]

OK been gone for a few days, being unemployed and all, hell gonna have to get back to work to get some rest. anyhoo. I have been playing more with this stove idea. six inch feed into a 55 gallon drum. will use sand and gravel for the heat absorbing material in the drum. I am excited about this. Also added a small oil drip to the smaller model today and it all glows red very quickly, alot of heat there. Just getting back.

 

[SPDRMNKY]

very cool...now I have to build one!

 

[Misfit138]

My idea is simple: a ~4' piece of 6" insulated steel chimney coming directly out of a wood stove and piped into the 55 gallon drum. The ~4' section should come within about 1.5" of the top of the drum. Further ceramic blanket insulation around the insulated chimney should enhance the reburn effect. Inside the drum, the reburn effect will heat up the top and outside of the drum to extremely high temps, radiating directly into the room.
Then, a 6" outlet near the bottom of the 55 gallon drum, piped out and around, to squeeze every inch of heat out of it, until finally venting outside. Outside exhaust should ideally be lukewarm.
Looks great on paper.
:cool2:

 

[chainsawcircus]

sounds like a great design. I am just gonna use the pipe to heat the drum. If you ever hear one of them burn you will understand the term rocket stove. The heat comes from the barrel in my case. even after the fire goes out you will still have hours of heat after you get the mass up to temp.

 

[Doc Hickory]

I wonder what they do for long term maintenance. Surely the 55 gal barrel can't last forever, and there must be some kind of chimney cleaning. Seems rather difficult to do that if your chimney is embedded in cob, but maybe they have access ports built in.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

can you post the "how to do it" w/pix here, please...

 

[unclemoustache]

Get on Youtube and type in Rocket Stove. Lots of tutorials and info there.

 

[Backyard Lumberjack]

Get on Youtube and type in Rocket Stove. Lots of tutorials and info there.

thanks! hoping to see an AS build off this thread...pix, etc....

 

[unclemoustache]

I'd love to build one, but it wouldn't match my Victorian house decor.