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Outdoor rocket burn water boiler using 50-60% less wood: heating entire house, outbuildings & water

 
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I saw something pretty amazing recently, but I can't really afford to buy one. If you multiply out the "financing" option it runs at nearly $20,000 to buy the so called "Classic Edge Titanium HDX" model. Just listen to the marketing video - it really seems AMAZING though:


Looking at it more closely, it appears to really be an active forced downflow directed rocket mass burner:


Water heater hookup:


The science and engineering behind this seems to be reproducible and probably is just generally rocket stove tech with some additional airflow control. To be honest, I don't like the electrical component that controls airflow level, but if I needed to, I could build this myself with an electrical engineering background.

The company seems to be called Central Boiler out of Greenbrush, MN: https://centralboiler.com/our-company/about/

They have other models too if you want to explore it more: https://centralboiler.com/

Has anyone dissected or studied the functionality of these behemoths?
 
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Here are some more images they share on their site:
https://centralboiler.com/products/classic-edge/

 
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Here's a video of the lower reaction chamber "fireball" in action:
 
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Rocket stoves and mass heaters are often distinguished from other gasifires by their reliance on  natural draft.
This seems to be a forced down draft gasifier.
That being said, it's very interesting,  seems to have potential.
 
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Note that the company has chosen to use a simple vortex instead of a "Double Rams horn" vortex in its afterburner flow.

Thoughts?
 
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