A vented fire tarp is provided that includes a base portion and a plurality of vents formed in the base portion, wherein each vent allows for air, smoke, and carbon dioxide to pass through the vent from one side of the base portion to the other. The vented fire tarp also includes securing devices to couple the base portion to a ground surface over a fire. In use, the vented fire tarp covers a fire and controls a burn rate of wood of the fire in response to controlling airflow through the plurality of vents of the vented fire tarp.

A combustion module including a body in which are formed several combustion chambers extending parallel to each other along a longitudinal direction between a first end face and a second end face of the body in which they emerge, the distance between the combustion chambers and/or the dimensions of the combustion chambers are chosen so as to reduce a temperature gradient transversal to the combustion chambers.

A combustion module including a body in which are formed several combustion chambers extending parallel to each other along a longitudinal direction between a first end face and a second end face of the body in which they emerge, the distance between the combustion chambers and/or the dimensions of the combustion chambers are chosen so as to reduce a temperature gradient transversal to the combustion chambers.

The pre-mix burner assembly includes a jet pump comprising a combustion air tube, a flue gas inlet, and a suction chamber. The combustion air tube has an inlet and a tapered nozzle, and it is connected to a combustion gas fan. The flue gas inlet is connected to the suction chamber and the furnace chamber or other flue gas source. The suction chamber surrounds the combustion air tube, and it has a jet pump nozzle with a discharge. The combustion air exiting the combustion air nozzle creates a negative pressure in the suction chamber and draws flue gas into the suction chamber. There is a burner housing positioned downstream of the jet pump discharge. There is a fuel gas inlet connected to a mixing tube in the burner housing, and a burner block connected to the outlet of the burner housing.

A floor and an upright sidewall formed from two vertically coaxial components, each component having a floor baffle with a plurality of floor openings defined therein, each floor retained within a respective upright sidewall with a plurality of sidewall openings defined therein. The floor openings and the sidewall openings cooperate between the two coaxial components such that flow of gases through the floor and upright sidewall of the baffle structure is controlled by rotation of the two vertically coaxial components relative to one another.

A burn box includes a font, a rear, a first and a second side, a lower, and an upper interior surface, as well as a first push member, a first coupler, and a first torque member. The first push member includes a first end, a second end, and a first coupler portion. The first coupler pivotally couples the first coupler portion to the first interior surface. The second end is vertically intermediate the first end and the lower interior surface. The first torque member provides a first torque to the first push member. When the first torque is provided to the first push member, the first push member rotates about a first rotational axis. The first rotational axis is through the first coupler portion of the first push member. The first rotational axis is parallel to the longitudinal axis. The second end rotates toward the second side interior surface.

A burn box includes a font, a rear, a first and a second side, a lower, and an upper interior surface, as well as a first push member, a first coupler, and a first torque member. The first push member includes a first end, a second end, and a first coupler portion. The first coupler pivotally couples the first coupler portion to the first interior surface. The second end is vertically intermediate the first end and the lower interior surface. The first torque member provides a first torque to the first push member. When the first torque is provided to the first push member, the first push member rotates about a first rotational axis. The first rotational axis is through the first coupler portion of the first push member. The first rotational axis is parallel to the longitudinal axis. The second end rotates toward the second side interior surface.

There is provided a composition comprising: (a) from about 60 to about 98% by weight of one or more alcohols; (b) from about 0.5 to about 20% by weight of one or more alkyl cellulose derivatives, wherein each alkyl is optionally substituted with one or more OH, O-alkyl, O-hydroxyalkyl and/or O-alkoxyalkyl; (c) from about 1 to about 25% by weight of one or more carboxylic acid salts; and (d) from 0 to about 30% by weight of water. There is also provided uses, processes for manufacture, methods and products relating to the same.

A combustor including a first perforated layer including a first opening having a first diameter, wherein the first opening is configured to receive a flow of fluid including a fuel and air mixture; and impart a first rotational instability to the flow of fluid that is dependent on the first diameter; and a second perforated layer surrounding a combustion area, wherein the second perforated later includes a second opening having a second diameter, and wherein the second layer is located between the first layer and the combustion area.

Techniques for controlling a solid fuel combustion appliance, e.g., a wood burning stove, are disclosed. A control system measures an exhaust gas temperature of airflow through an outlet of the solid fuel combustion appliance. The control system determines a derivative of the exhaust gas temperature with respect to time. The derivative of the exhaust gas temperature with respect to time is compared to a predetermined threshold. The control system modulates the inlet damper in response to determining that the derivative of the exhaust gas temperature with respect to time reaches the predetermined threshold.