by Bis47 » Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:19 am
Hello,
I wonder that a very nice feature of this stove was not mentioned.
I mean : the shape of the burner, looking like a strawberry.
There is a well documented study on BPL (members only) showing that this kind of burner is producing 10 times less CO than a standard flat head burner like that of the Pocket Rocket.
The theory is that the flame, flowing out lateraly, has more time to finish the full combustion before cooling at the contact of the cold recipient.
The combustion, indeed happens in two phases:
2 C + 2 O2 => 2 CO + O2 => 2 CO2
The theory was confirmed by testing standard flat head burners using an elevated support : by rising the pot by half an inch, the production of CO dropped considerably.
A very important feature, imho, specially for a winter device that would eventually be used Inside a tent.
Best