Glenn Herbert wrote:Probably not, unless the kettle is really big. A rocket stove burns fast and hot, and cannot be damped down to a trickle without destroying its clean-burning characteristics. As the system size gets smaller, it becomes less stable and more subject to friction and surface loss effects; it *might* be possible with a bunch of experimentation to build a very small self-feeding rocket-style stove if you have good draft and do not try to heat a thermal mass. What kind of fuel are you thinking of, and how big is your kettle?
It'll actually likely be a coil-based design like
. Would the copper coil become a thermal mass?
I'm thinking of using just twigs as fuel.