Rocket Stove Takes Wood Heat To New Level

Rocket Stove Takes Wood Heat To New Level ENERGY Wood Burners 65 Rocket heater stoves have been around for a long time but Sky Huddleston and his father Phillip have designed and manufactured the first stove that meets UL standards The Liberator rocket heater installs like a conventional wood stove but uses less fuel
    “We set out to fill a void to make a rocket heater that is UL-rated and uses sticks and small fuel sources to heat houses very inexpensively ” says Sky While many rocket heaters are mass heaters enclosed in concrete or stone the Missouri entrepreneurs wanted something simpler for customers to install
    With a sideways burn fuel is fed from the top and the stove reaches 600 degrees in less than 5 minutes By using a lot of air rocket heaters burn fast to efficiently use all the fuel’s volatile compounds resulting in a low exhaust temperature less than 300 degrees and very little smoke
    The 165-lb 3-ft tall steel stove has cooling fins to radiate heat While the stove requires refueling every hour or so the Huddlestons are working on a pellet hopper for fuel pellets One bag of pellets lasts about 8 hrs They are also working on an outside intake air adapter to further increase the stove’s efficiency
    The Huddlestons manufacture the stoves themselves with U S-made A36 hot-rolled steel The current price is $1 500 but they hope to reduce the price as production becomes more efficient
    Videos on the Liberator website show how the heater works
    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Liberator LLC 350 Farris Spur Bourbon Mo 65441 ph 573 468-4043; www rocketheater com; smhuddleston@rocketmail com

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