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Operating manual Clou Compact Cook EN 8 | Fuel material/-quantity

8 Fuel material/-quantity

8.1 Fuel

Wood

Many of our native types of wood can, after being appropriately dried, be burnt CO2-neutral in heat-

producing appliances. Wood stands out because it grows again, can be sustainably harvested, re-

quires little or no extra external energy to be invested in the fuel, and has a short journey from the pro-

ducer to the consumer, which provides an optimal climate balance.

The most common types of wood to use in the stove are beech, yoke elm, birch, larch, spruce and

pine. The most important criterion for burning in a heat-producing appliance is that the fuel has been

sufficiently dried through. For this purpose the prepared pieces of firewood should be stored for at

least two years. The legislator stipulates a maximum water content of 20%. That is still however a lot of

water sitting in the capillaries of the wood. A piece of firewood only becomes good when its water

content comes to a maximum of 12 to 13%. The differences in combustion behavior are striking and

clearly detectable even by the layman.

Types of wood other than the ones referred to above are also suitable for burning. However each heat-

producing appliance should be checked for how their use affects combustion behavior. Oak for ex-

ample burns with a rather shorter flame and more embers. Oakwood catches fire with greater diffi-

culty, and due to hardness of the wood it is not split as well (small) as other types of wood, which again

has a negative effect on combustion behavior. It is however a good energy source, and, correctly pro-

cessed, also suitable as firewood.

Softwoods (fir, pine, spruce) should if possible be mixed with hardwood. Softwoods have a higher pro-

portion of tannin, which leads to more deposits in the heat-producing appliance, the connecting pipes

and the chimney. If only softwood is burnt, this can lead more quickly to a build-up of shining soot.

Mixing with hardwood (for example, beechwood) reduces this effect.

The size of your heat-producing appliance's combustion chamber will dictate whether your firewood is

25cm, 33cm or 50cm in length. 50cm pieces of firewood should preferably dry for somewhat longer

(lain down for three years or more), because wood is dried out mainly by the leakage of water from the

capillaries - and that simply takes time. And the path from inside to outside in a 50cm-long piece of

firewood is twice as long as in a 25cm-long piece of firewood. The important thing is that the wood is

well split. This means that the circumference of a piece of firewood (once all sides are measured

around the cutting point) must be a maximum of 15-25cm. Pieces of wood cut to this size dry more

easily - above all, however, they give the fire (the temperature) a greater attack area and thus make it

easier to evolve gas and thus to burn. Also the quantity of fuel can be better measured out. Thanks to

their outstanding levels of efficiency, modern heat-producing appliances require just a fraction of the

amount of wood of earlier stoves. Here smaller pieces of firewood can be placed according to the

manufacturer’s specifications - large pieces of wood often exceed the maximum specified quantity

with just a single piece.

Not everyone has a hygrometer at home for determining the water content in wood, particularly when

good reliable units cost several hundred euros. However you can make a good estimate of how suit-

able your fuel is by carefully observing combustion behavior. A “good” wood fire will only smoke

briefly in the ignition phase, hardly at all after that. It will burn with a light (yellow to orange-colored)

long flame. Little residue will occur in the combustion chamber, most of it disappearing again when

the fire is fully developed. Another good criterion for assessing whether a piece of firewood is suitable

for combustion is its weight. Most manufacturers also specify the amount to be laid in kg/weight. Ex-

ample: a piece of beechwood 33cm in length with a circumference of approx. 20cm weighs approx.

1kg when it is suitable (dry enough) for burning. Therefore 25cm in length gives approx. 750

grammes, and 50 cm in length approx. 1.5kg.

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