Hi Ben,
I would like to use a wood gasifier to heat up the water in my aquaponics system. I want to make sure the water in the aquaponics unit doesn't get below a certain temperature.
I'm thinking of the following design :
1) Use the wood gasifier to heat the water in a 275 gallon insulated tank.
2) When the temperature in the aquaponics unit drops below a certain temperature, allow the water from the heated tank to be part of the aquaponics system
3) break the connection between the aquaponics unit and the heated tank when the temperature is high enough
Now a few questions :
1) Does this design sound reasonable ? Any suggestions on how to improve it?
2) How long would it take to heat up a 275 gallon tank to close to boiling temperature?
3) I want to minimize the amount of time I spend daily to start the system. How much time does it take to get it started (assuming one has all the wood cut to size beforehand) ? minutes?
4) How complex of a wood gasifier would be needed if the only goal is to be able to heat up a tank of water of 275 gal in a reasonable amount of time?
5) Does your book describe how to heat up water with a wood gasifier?
Thanks,
Dan
