First of all happy New Year to you and all.
thomas rubino wrote:Hi Tony; Welcome to Permies!
I would say all of the things you mentioned are fine other than liquid fuel. Liquid's are generally to volatile.
I'm not sure what you mean by that Thomas.
That liquid fuel degrades over time?
Or the explosive risk?
I have a I have this rocket stove + the skirted pan:
https://www.silverfire.us/survivor-rocket-stove-p10
It's good what it was designed for. Wood.
As I mentioned in my first post I would like to burn more types of fuel.
I would like to expand a bit on that.
I could buy a different setup for each fuel type. Propane, alcohol, diesel, etc
I understand the power of a rocket stove over a normal
wood stove is how efficiently it burns wood and that technology has no advantage when burning propane in it.
But I think it may still be more efficient in burning propane compared to a regular stove with a flame that loses a lot of heat to the environment.
The rocket stove has insulated walls and the heat transfer to the pan/pot is maximized due to it's skirted design.
That said I think a skirted pan on a regular propane stove may be more efficient than a regular pan.
I've been looking for liquid fuel burners, they seem to come in many types, for various fuels. Some have/need a wick others don't.
Finding a gas (propane, butane, natural gas) burner, is more of a challenge than I thought it would be. If I understand things correctly different types of gas require a different nozzle.
Another problem for all types (liquid/gas) burners is it's size.
The rocket stove opening is only 70mm high and 120mm wide.
I have a very hard time finding burners of that size.
For example I've looked as bunsen burners that are used in labs. They are quite small but always to high and most often also to wide.
Maybe I
should abandon the whole idea using my rocket stove.
But even then questions remain.
I want to be able to cook on, say, 10 types of fuel without buying 10 stoves.
On top of that I want the stoves to be as energy efficient as possible.
So... can someone guide me a bit in the right direction?
To be clear, I'm looking for something small to cook just 1 pot/pan