[Stoves] Banana ag waste, rockets & TLUDs

[Richard Stanley]

Jean, 

Who are you working with locally ? 

Bananna briquette making and testing has been done by  Joel Chaney who has his groundwork in Rwanda a few years ago (as part of his PhD engineering studies in Nottingham  Uk ). More recently the processing of the whole stalk is being tackled by Engineers without Borders in the greater Cincinnati area-- more particularly by Lee Hite, who is developing a practical chopper and grinder device.  (Lee has also developed mini presses for easy entry into production, demonstration /  training etc). Both are ccy'd above to facilitate your contact.

Now thats two very good wazungu for you I can think of immediately who, because of same language and access to internet, you will of course tend to go to directly . However, you are missing the rest of the -perhaps- two hundred other citisens of our planet whom you will only really discover, if you are working with someone who is locally based.. 

Please do yourself a huge favor in the long run and explore both options. 

We ain't goin' to get there on our own.

Kind regards,

Richard Stanley
www.legacyfound.org
N.W. Obamaland
 
On Jan 26, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Jean Kim Chaix wrote:

> Hello, stovers. 
> 
> I'm going to disappoint Crispin as I don't have a smart questions this time. It is, instead, purely practical. Here goes:
> 
> Our preliminary biomass energy efficiency assessment has revealed that conditions appear to be ripe for sustainable, alternative solid biomass fuel & cookstove program in the community we are supporting in Rubaare.
>  
> There is a robust local market in bananas and maize with plentiful byproducts available such as stems, peels, etc. There is also sawdust available locally. The first phase of our project will focus on creating a fuel option for the institutional stoves currently in use the five schools. The stoves are of the Aid Africa type and will need to be adapted to burn the briquettes. In the second phase of our project we will seek to the right mix of stove and fuels for domestic consumption.
> 
> As we develop our project,Ie have a couple of questions for you: 
> 1. For domestic cookstoves, can the above-mentioned fuels be used separately or together as fuel for TLUDs? 
> 2. If so, is there a type of TLUD that is particularly suitable? Or is it just a matter of chopping the biomass up into fine, TLUD compatible particles?
> 3. Does anyone have experience using either sawdust and/or banana waste and converting them to fuel-briquettes? 
> 
> For the record, I searched the archives of listserv but wasn't able to come up with the answers.
> 
> My gratitude in advance for your considerate answers and your patience with my ignorance.
> 
> Rgds,
> 
> Kim
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