CEB Masonry Stove

Introduction

We are interested in a masonry stove made from CEB block. This is highly experimental - thus it must be kept simple. Nonetheless, we are aiming to have a hybrid wood/Babington flame. The combustion chamber should be designed like a wood stove - with a grate and ash compartment. We are making a mobile Babington burner in a tube or square - such that we can simply insert this into the combustion chamber. To do this, we need a small inlet hole in the door or from the top - for air delivery. We need a small hole from the top for oil delivery. The oil sump can be placed in the ash compartment, or via a tube to the outside. The oil must dribble on the Babington ball from the top. We are considering putting a metal plate on top - for cooking as well.

Possible Implementations

There are many details to the above scenario. Here are some variations:

• Basic design - wood oven only, testing the durability of CEB block in high heat conditions.
  • What is the simplest implementation of this?
  • Could this be as simple as a big CEB box, with metal surface on top?
  • If we want the hot air to circulate up and down in the structure, what is the simplest way to do this?
• Basic design with insertable Babington - not much more complex than the first, with the only requirement of air and oil inlet, and provision for collecting of excess oil
• Addition of cooking surface - this makes it more complicated

One way to do a flexible stove is to start by building the chimney - and then stacking movable bricks into a configuration that succeeds in building a successful burning chamber. Then we add a metal door, ash compartment door. We could have a bunch of bricks on hand - and when a successful configuration is achieved, we seal the outer bricks for smoke?