What fuel does an alcohol stove use?

Denatured alcohol is often recommended by manufacturers of alcohol stoves. It can be purchased online or in hardware stores in the paint section. Ethanol or ethyl (Everclear) is about 95 percent alcohol and is a fantastic fuel for burning indoors. It burns so cleanly that the flame is blue or nearly invisible.

Are alcohol stoves efficient?

Conversely, alcohol stoves are lucky to hit 50\% and most hover around 40\% (personal data) in ideal conditions and much less in the outdoors (~30\%). The best alcohol system I’ve ever tested (1.3L wide pot + caldera cone + Starlyte stove) was 53\% efficient indoors for a pint.

Are alcohol stoves better than gas?

Alcohol fuel contains approximately half the energy by weight of white gas or butane/propane. As a result, the heat output is proportionately less—and cook times are a lot longer. Alcohol stoves generally take at least twice as long, about six to eight minutes in good conditions.

How much alcohol does an alcohol stove use?

Alcohol stoves require about 1 oz of alcohol per meal.

Which alcohol is the most efficient fuel?

Alcohol as a Stove Fuel (in order of best fuel to worst fuel) The best alcohol fuel is ethanol (ethyl alcohol). It has the highest number of calories per gram* of any stove fuel suitable alcohol (I really don’t consider dirty-burning isopropanol to be suitable as a stove fuel) and burns reasonably cleanly.

Is it safe to burn rubbing alcohol indoors?

Absolutely! The only off-gassing of isopropyl rubbing alcohol when burned is water vapor and carbon dioxide! So it is totally safe and tastes so great! Just like over a campfire!

How much fuel does it take to boil a water alcohol stove?

As others have indicated… it depends on conditions and the stove/windscreen design, and type of pot – wide short typically ~20\% more efficient that tall narrow. My experience would suggest that you will need between 1-1.5oz/day (doing 2 . 8l boils) assuming a good windscreen and good stove to pot distance).

Do alcohol stoves work in winter?

Actually, alcohol stoves do work just as well in cold weather once you get them started. This way the cool metal from your pot won’t interfere with the stove coming to temp. Be careful, the initial flame is a little bigger for a few seconds until the stove settles in.

How long will an alcohol stove burn?

Fill interior of your stove with denatured alcohol through the fuel port (1 ounce generally burns for 10-12 minutes, depending on conditions like temperature and wind).

What fuel does a solo stove use?

Our fire pits and camping stoves are known for burning wood, while the Solo Stove Grill is our hero of the charcoal grilling game. But there’s one type of fuel they all burn in common: chunk wood. Read on to learn more about the best ways to use chunk wood in your Solo Stove.

Can alcohols be used as fuels?

Various alcohols are used as fuel for internal combustion engines. The first four aliphatic alcohols (methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol) are of interest as fuels because they can be synthesized chemically or biologically, and they have characteristics which allow them to be used in internal combustion engines.