Little Wolf eStove The people and wolf friendly stove Syngas Stove – the next generation in gas stoves Introduction The Little W olf eStove is a two-phase Syngas and charcoal-producing biomass “smokeless” stove that is the most environmentally friendly stove available. Versatility and practicality in providing cooking at any remote setting is now here, from base-camp to beach, and everywhere in between. Little Wolf eStove cooks and barbecues providing a practical 2-in-1 stove. It is the perfect survivalist, emergency preparedness stove, and you will never run out of fuel or electrical power. Step-by-Step 1) Place the stove on level ground, shelter from wind and away from combustible material. On the beach, make sure you never place it directly on the sand as this will suck sand into the fan. Put it on a flat metal disk, rock or wood. 2) Place fuel in burner – start with ½ load of pellets or 1-2 inch dry sticks. Do not exceed ½ inch below the row of secondary air holes. There has to be room for gas and air to mix. Fire is started from the top. 3) Best starter is a 1/2 inch layer of wood shavings, which are available in any pet store, or dry cedar chips. Birch bark is good and starter fluid can be used. Use enough to produce a solid flame over the entire top. 4) When you have a good starter fire going, you may plug in the battery to start the fan. This supplies the correct ratio of primary and secondary air to create and burn your gas. With a little experience, you will master it. 5) You may add fuel at any time, but do it very gradually. More than a few pellets at a time will put out the fire immediately. Do not relight with liquid starter - use paper. Once the stove is lit, the flame will be hot. If your unit came with a Universal dc voltage adapter, you can control the heat by adjusting the voltage. You can also wait until the flames begin to subside and control the heat by adding the desired amount of fuel just like you would in a regular charcoal barbecue. 6) Remember: there are two phases to the burn: 1) cooking with gas, and 2) Barbecuing with charcoal you have produced. Use the high “X” grate (provides space for gases to escape) for cooking and the lower grill grate for barbecuing. Enjoy! Switches to Barbecue – uses self-generated charcoal Fuel You can burn just about any dry solid fuel (biomass) as long as it has sufficient heat content. This would include pellets, (many types available, and inexpensive) chips (free in many cases) and sticks, (everywhere) as shown below, which will first produce a Syngas flame for about 1 hour of cooking and charcoal for about ½ hour, depending of amount and type of fuel. Of course you can add more charcoal or wood any time. You can try any other fuel you wish, but to create smokeless fire it must be dry, as wet fuel consumes too much heat, causing smoking. Placing longer sticks vertically will work if they are dry, but you risk uneven burning and sometimes smoke. Nothing is worse than running out of fuel. You will never have to worry with Little Wolf Stoves; it is everywhere. When the flame phase is over, you may add briquettes one at a time. Always add fuel slowly until proven otherwise. History The concept of producing cooking gas from biomass was pioneered for the common folk in Asia and Africa, to reduce the tragedy of deforestation and ambient smoke in living quarters. Instead of armloads of wood, a hand-full or two will do. Dried sticks that snap when you break them are perfect. The technology is now available for the W estern world where we can benefit by recycling Pine Beetle killed trees (as in Western North America) in pellet form. Waste wood, dried chips that are destined for pulp mills and almost any dry solid fuel that has enough heat energy to produce the Syngas can be used. Dung is used widely in many African and Asian countries. By experimentation, you will find what works for you. As a bonus, there is no bottle to discard, so you leave nothing behind. Today’s outdoors enthusiasts prefer using renewable fuel. Little Wolf TM provides it.