Timothy Luce

Also, I didn't illustrate it, but I planned on welding an insulative jacket around the riser section.

And if it would improve the overall performance I could move the riser outside the tank and only run it through the tank on the down side.

Hi Gents,

The rocket component in the firebox is not illustrated, as I was hoping for input on whether to make it downdraft or not.

Any input you are willing to share would
Be appreciated.

By your comments I presume the main barrier to this design is the size of the heat sink? Should I only have the chimney take one pass through the tank?

I am designing a water jacket rocket stove that will have a 330 gallon (yard sized) LP tank standing on end as the water jacket with the rocket stove chimney running right through the middle of it, this will be plumbed in parallel with two additional 250 gallon tanks for heat storage. An essential part of this design is a gravity fed fuel (log) chute.

I'd like your take on the design, overall, and specifically whether I should downdraft the firebox or not.

Hit me with your feedback.

Rocket stove v1.0- by firekeep, on Flickr