[Gasification] information for Ethiopia

Paul Anderson psanders at ilstu.edu
Wed Nov 5 09:11:08 CST 2014


Dear Melkamu,

Your reply is useful.   There are some questions for clarification.   
Please comment and confirm or correct the following.

1.  You are primarily working on a Microgrid for a village.   Is the 
project about the grid of connections, or about the power generation, or 
both?   More details please.   Size of village and energy desired and 
what is currently available and what is the desired usage of the 
power?   etc.   send details.  And you have a budget?

2.  You mention the gasifier stoves.  You wrote;
> when i design the cooking part with solar energy  it is very costy  
> cause for cooking only it needs 3kw panel for each household . 
USUALLY, the gasifier stoves (TLUDs mainly) are natural draft (ND) and 
do not need any power.

But there are (coming soon also) TLUDs with Fan Assistance (FA also 
means Forced Air).   But they need only about 3 watts (not kW), which 
can be done via the Solar panels and battery backups. The use of 
electricity for cooking (as in hot plates and appliances) is not 
recommended.

3.  I work with the TLUD stoves  (both ND and FA), and the discussion 
about those stove is via the Stoves Listserv, that you might consider 
joining if the stoves are the focus of your project.

We look forward to your reply.

Note:  until 19 Nov, my replies could be delayed.  I am on a road trip 
from IL to CA in the USA, including the Power Africa 2014 Conference in 
Golden Colorado on 13 - 14 Nov.
Happy to meet with anyone during that trip and at the conference.

Paul Anderson

Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu
Skype: paultlud      Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website:  www.drtlud.com

On 11/5/2014 12:48 AM, Melkamu Nibret wrote:
> Dear paul
> i am a power system engineering postgraduate student i am try to do my 
> thesis on Microgrid design for the model rural village kollela in 
> Ethiopia so i plan to design affordable design for the village cause 
> if it is affordable the university will give me a fund and i will 
> implement it or i also work in the university and they told me that 
> they will give me a fund if it is a good design as they give me before 
> to implement the solar water pump that done on kollela village with my 
> adviser.As the village have high solar radiation and wind speed it is 
> better to use solar and wind as a source of energy to electrify the 
> village but for cooking it is better to use gasifing stove.
> we done a  solar water pump project with my adviser before and he told 
> me to design a Microgrid for that village to help the villager get 
> light and other facility so when i design the cooking part with solar 
> energy  it is very costy cause for cooking only it needs 3kw panel for 
> each household . they cant afford it and also we will not get that 
> much fund to support the village.
>  after i done the design and the all thing the university see the 
> paper and give us a fund for it or we will find the fund as we get for 
> the water  pump too .so i plan to get good information regarding to 
> gasifing stove.
>
> kindles regrades
> Melkamurural
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Paul Anderson <psanders at ilstu.edu 
> <mailto:psanders at ilstu.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Melkamu,
>
>     There are various people willing to assist you.   It would be very
>     useful if you could provide more information about yourself and
>     your project.   We do not know your skill levels, access to
>     equipment, budget, or the size of your rural electrification
>     project (or even about you supply of biomass).
>
>     Also, you said "gasfier stove" which can be quite different from
>     "gasifier", especially when you started discussing electricity
>     generation.
>
>     Please reply to the Listserv so that the maximum number of people
>     can better understand you situation and your needs.   Then we can
>     assist better.
>
>     Paul
>
>     Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
>     Email:psanders at ilstu.edu  <mailto:psanders at ilstu.edu>    
>     Skype: paultlud      Phone:+1-309-452-7072  <tel:%2B1-309-452-7072>
>     Website:www.drtlud.com  <http://www.drtlud.com>
>
>     On 11/4/2014 2:36 AM, Melkamu Nibret wrote:
>>     Dear Everyone
>>     I am Melkamu from Ethiopia and i am doing a project on rural
>>     electrification using solar ,wind and biomass and i want to do a
>>     gasifier stove for a household in rural village i read a lots of
>>     paper done on gasifier stove is their any recommendation that u
>>     told me before i start to manufacturer the model .
>>     kindles regrades
>>     Melkamu
>>
>>
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