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I was thinking about those glass propane patio heaters the other day (tower of flame shooting up a glass cylinder or pyramid), and was wondering if a similar setup could replace the (upper part of the) riser on a rocket stove.  You obviously wouldn't want it running as hot as a typical rocket stove (maybe a large excess of secondary/tertiary air, maybe even a setup where the gases from the combustion chamber are actually sheathed in the added air?), any other design considerations that come to mind?  I know this wouldn't be running at top efficiency, but that's not always why we do things . . .
 
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I don't know the name of this rocket stove though this looks like your idea:


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Thank you so much, that is pretty much exactly what I was looking for!  So glad to see it actually works
 
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I WANT TO MAKE ONE

Where to find that glass for the riser, though? Is borosilicate tough enough to withstand this kind of abuse?

<edit> I see they're all over the place. Amazon has 'em :

Borosilicate rated to 500 C

Quartz glass rated to 1400 C
 
So it takes a day for light to pass through this glass? So this was yesterday's tiny ad?
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