Woodly's Rocket Stove prototype,
will be used to heat our workshop, using the processing wood scraps.
The body of the stove was originally an electric water heater.
A
rocket stove is an efficient cooking
stove
using small diameter wood fuel which is burned in a simple
high-temperature combustion chamber containing an insulated vertical
chimney
which ensures complete combustion prior to the flames reaching the
cooking surface. The principles were described by Dr. Larry Winiarski
from
Aprovecho in 1982 and stoves based on this design won
Ashden Awards in both 2005 and 2006. Interest in rocket stoves has led to the development of
rocket mass heaters and other innovations.
