[Stoves] Re household cooking

[Frank Shields]

Stovers,

 

Fuel, stove and user - three things that must come together. 

 

I agree with Paal that there should be a practical test for stove and fuel.
My thinking is regarding testing fuel. But my test methods I packaged up are
not simple & practical as they must be sent to a lab. 

 

Along the lines of what Paal is writing about I would like to suggest
another procedure that could quickly be done in the field. If we can
standardize a 'Burn Procedure' that would add fuel to a fixed sized and
designed container with a fixed and agreed upon air flow, ignite it and make
observations. This could be done in the field and using standard equipment
and marking standard observations, we could all discuss the fuel and stove
it has found to work well in. For TLUD fuel we could use glass containers
(light bulb shells) to be able to make the observations we need like depth
of front, evenness of front, rate etc.

 

Frank.    

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Shields

Control Laboratories, Inc.

42 Hangar Way

Watsonville, CA  95076

(831) 724-5422 tel

(831) 724-3188 fax

frank at compostlab.com

www.compostlab.com

 

 

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From: stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org
[mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Paal wendelbo
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 12:46 AM
To: stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org
Subject: [Stoves] Re household cooking

 

Dear Tom  and Crispin

 

Crispin is right. There is a need of a more practical test in addition to
the more academically one, which sometimes can be difficult for the end user
to really understand. # Some people are hopeless at operating a stove #,
Crispin said. If the map and the terrain dos not correspond, which one is
wrong? 

There is a need of a practical test where fuel and stove are evaluated
together with the user. If you are saving some some energy and some minutes
in time of cooking, it can easy be lost by handling the fuel and the stove
or by cleaning the pots. The stove, the fuel and the cook is one unit,
working together with respect for each others specialities.

 

With regards Paal W 

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