In order to simulate the flow in a stove it is required to know whether the flow is laminar or turbulent. The stove is essentially a cylinder of diameter 100 mm and 18 circular jets on its circumference. Average biomass burn rate is 13 g/min and the stoichiometric A/F is 4.9. Therefore for stoichiometric operation, total flow through the stove is 76.7 g/min.
The flow Reynolds number with the stove diameter (100 mm) as the characteristic length is Red = qVd/l = 4 m/pdl = 301.4. This is very small compared to Recrit (for transition to turbulent flow) for flow through a cylindrical duct constituting the combustion chamber. But there are 18 jets coming into the cross-flow and the critical Reynolds number of jet is small. Reynolds number based on jet diameter and the mass flow of secondary air is Redj ¼ qVd=l ¼ 4m_ air=pdl ¼ 391. Even if at this Reynolds number, the jet could be turbulent. But the jets are issuing into a chamber that has a high viscosity (due to high temperatures in the combustion chamber). The net behavior is close to laminar flow – the physical appearance is of a mildly dancing diffusion flame.