Plants recycle CO2 as part of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. The rocket stove produces a fuller burn which byproducts are CO2 and water vapor. A CO2 rich environment is conducive to plant growth. The idea is to reintroduce the exhaust in to the greenhouse and add the CO2 to improve plant growth. Those are the broad strokes of the concept, the details sill to work out are, how much to cool the exhaust and how to prevent CO2 build up, so as to not asphyxiate any one working in the greenhouse. A possibility is to create a trough around the beds and and let the heavier gas rest inside them and some how circulate them to keep the fresh exhaust around the plants while venting the oxygen. Other concerns are the rate of exhaust production and the rate of cellular respiration would need to be close as to avoid asphyxiation.
So problems to address:
1. bringing the exhaust into the greenhouse.
2. bringing the exhaust to proper temperature.
3. taking the exhaust to the plants.
4. regulating the amount of the exhaust inside the greenhouse
5. venting the excess exhaust.
Basic parameters:
one rocket mass heater
above ground construction
Any insights and thoughts to problem solve these things is appreciated, all of this is in the planing stage of pre-construction, so anything goes.
