Thanks for hearing my novice question! Reading Erica and Ernie's wonderful book now, as well as doing
online research, but can't seem to find explanation about basic chimney dynamics....
Why is an external, vertical chimney even necessary? I want to run the end of the heat exchange pipe (with downward pitch) right out the wall of the yurt, with no vertical riser.... shouldn't the cool, moist air readily flow out of the lowest point of the system? Why try to get it to rise vertically at all... I am new to the idea of "overdraft," but couldn't this be compensated for by putting a 90 or greater bend at the end?
thanks again,
Joe