Re: [at-l] boil, boil...

[hikenet@interactive.net (Thomas Caggiano)]

You can use the techniques on hikenet's ultralight pellet stove in conjunction
with the Esbit.  I use my very simple design with a 1.5 cup bowl.  The drier
vent, the way I have it cut allows you to level the bowl on hills very easily.

Apply some of the techniques to the esbit.  I heated over 70% faster or used
50% less fuel to get the same result.  The result would be essentially the
same on a same fuel sourece basis comparison.


I used "calibrated amount of water" starting temperature, etc.


you are correct, increasing surface area allow faster burning but you also
get better turblent flow which improves heat transfer. other things are
radiation,
convection, and general heat transfer influences outlined on the web page.



http://members.aol.com/hikenet/ultralightstove.html    has never failed :)

Also you can put some 'twigs' in to use the fuel on the land...

Even works in a heavy rain, in high grass, on slopes, in cold, hi
winds..... you can adapt the techniques to any burner..

tom bear bells caggiano


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At 4:25 PM -0800 01/06/99, Lucian Hicks wrote:
>Give Me Chocolate writes:
>
> [snip]
><<I think the Esbit will cook them, but is the temperature high enough long
>enough to take care of [i.e. purify by boiling] the cooking water as well?>>
>
>Not the way I've been using the Esbit.  I don't think I ever really get a
>rolling boil going, but I've only been using one pellet per meal and not
>cutting it up.  KC's discovery (hotter water faster by cutting the pellets)
>seems to produce more heat but (I'm guessing here) a shorter cooking time.
>That is, due to increased surface area being burned, a cut up pellet will
>burn hotter but not as long.  So, it would seem to this humble observer,
>that if you want to purify your dinner water with Esbit pellets, it would be
>better to cut them up as KC has suggested.
>
>That being said, I think I have read that you don't NEED a rolling boil to
>purify the water, at least at moderate altitudes.  Something like 190*F does
>the trick.  But I've got very few decent brain cells left, so don't rely on
>my science.
>
>Lucian ("Bristlecone")
>
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