Analysis of wood firing in stoves by the oxygen consumption method and the carbon dioxide generation method

In this paper, we describe the application of two experimental methods on the determination of the heat release rate during the combustion of wood in stoves. The experimental methods are the oxygen consumption method and the carbon dioxide generation method and are adopted from the field of fire safety science. After outlining the basic ideas, we show the necessary equations and analyze the results from an actual experiment. We conclude that both methods appear to be very useful in this application.

► Wood firing in stoves for heating of houses. ► Analysis of heat release rate by two methods coming from fire safety science. ► Oxygen consumption method and carbon dioxide generation method. ► Analysis of experimental data shows that the methods work very well.