posted 8 years ago
You could technically do it, but it would be as complex and expensive as building a standard wood outdoor furnace, and probably not a lot more efficient after all the conversion and transportation losses. Not to mention that an RMH is not designed for remote loading but needs to be tended in person. A batch box would mitigate this, but you would still need to go outside once an hour or so to reload it until your mass was fully charged. Speaking of which, where would the thermal mass be in this scenario?