alcohol as fuel in rocket stove?

I tried googling this question and searched on here.

I was curious if one could use isopropyl alcohol or dentured alcohol in a rocket mass heater as the fuel source?

the reason I am asking is if this is possible then perhaps one could build a small version of a rocket mass heater but have it vented on the inside (no danger in fumes?). I have found through google searching that the byproduct of alcohol is carbon dioxide and water. none the less, the fuel source I was thinking about was a small tuna can with toilet paper stuff inside and soaked with alcohol. desertsun02 - on youtube has made several of these heaters using rubbing alcohol and toilet paper with different sized cans:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay7hc1juJEo

has anyone tried this before? burning alcohol as a fuel source in a rocket stove?


in another video (a little off subject) desertsun02 made a small heater with a galvanized stack boot and a 90 degree elbow using alcohol as his fuel source. I got to thinking about cob and thermal mass and had an idea - what if one were to place cob around the metal piping design he put together? Would this be of any benefit? here is the video:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnf620dkALw

thanks

Well, i used alcohol to start the fire in my rockets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC3YTm-83Yk

This one batch type is runing on alcohol for some testing.

Tho venting inside for few minutes, and using it for heating is a different thing. I've seen thoses "fireplaces" run onto alcohol, that they have released lately in France. And i don't believe they are that safe.

It's like Kerdane stoves, which are vented inside. I have had one, and can tell you; you get a headache after runing one for only few hours.

Plus, runing on alcohol wouldn't be too ecological imho.

What about the cob over the stove pipe?

Hey there. I've played around enough with high proof alcohol to know that gases can go *BOOM* when dealt with carelessly.

Be careful.

I'm sorry I meant;

*BOOM*

Allen Sharp : SoneEarly internal combustion engines had very short intake manifolds and inlace of a carburetor a cloth saturated in kerosine. This was an early
attempt to atomize the fuel to get a clean burn!

The biggest problem you have is atomizing your alcohol fuel, inspire of its low vaporization temperature !

You will ether need to spray it through a nozzle or use some kind of Electronic fuel injection. Also you are trying to use a low BTU fuel, My local Lowes just quoted
me a price of $15.98 per one gallon can of Denatured alcohol !

There is a whole ultra light camping crowd that carries Alcohol cook stoves, and this trend will continue as more and more areas and their hiking trails get closed
to open Fires!

You might find it enlightening and entertaining to check out the Link below :

http://zenstoves.net

For the Good of the Crafts ! Big AL








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