[Stoves] Burning saw dust in TLUD stove

rajan_jiby at dataone.in rajan_jiby at dataone.in
Tue Jan 18 08:55:55 CST 2011


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paal wendelbo" <paaw at online.no>
To: <rajan_jiby at dataone.in>; "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" 
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Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Burning saw dust in TLUD stove


> During 2nd ww some soldiers was trapped at a sawmill in France some where, 
> and after awhile the only they had for fuel was sawdust. They stamped a 10 
> litre bucket with sawdust. with a 2" stick vertical in the middle and a 2" 
> stick in bottom  for air intake and ignited in the cannel.I trod it in the 
> Peko Pe in Uganda in 96 and it works. A 200 litre barrel with sawdust was 
> burning 8 hours with a 4" air channel and glowing another 5-6 hour
>
This is also a very ancient practice in India - for burning sawdust.

Regards,


Rajan 





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