Continuing the series, started with "Problem #1: How Much Does Heat Cost?", "Problem # 8 How Much Wood Do I Need?" Gives further information for calculating How much wood is needed to heat a dwelling. Stay tuned for Problem #9, which will deal with heat exchangers.
The purpose of this exercise is to learn how to calculate the amount of wood we need, given some information about the weather, the wood burning stove and the wood that's available. Predicting how much wood we'll need in any given situation, such as how much wood to stack for the winter, is always a risky endeavor. Any calculations we make are based on best guesses. It is prudent to always err on the conservative side. It's better, and a lot less costly, to have an extra cord of wood in the spring than to run out of wood in the middle of a harsh winter, unless of course, you like to cut and split wood in the winter. http://webconx.green-trust.org/2003/howmuchwood.htm http://webconx.green-trust.org/2003/heatcost.htm -- Steve Spence Renewable energy and sustainable living http://www.green-trust.org Donate $30 or more to Green Trust, and receive a copy of Joshua Tickell's "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank", the premier documentary of biodiesel and vegetable oil powered diesels. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/