[Stoves] Where is the Stove Comparison

[Art Donnelly]

Good morning Crispin,
I am reattaching the analysis which I referenced yesterday. I am cc'ing the
list to offer the same thing to anyone else, who is interested in seeing
this information on the goat droppings.
Art

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:08 AM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Art
> Please send me the attachment directly. The list seems to be stripping
> everything out of the mails.
> Many thanks
> Crispin
>
>
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> [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Art Donnelly
> Sent: 01 June 2011 19:31
> To: stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org
> Subject: Re: [Stoves] Where is the Stove Comparison
>
> Hi Stovers,
>
> This was a great opportunity for me to break out of my two year "lurker"
> role and contribute. I have quite a bit of first hand experience with goat
> droppings as both a TLUD fuel input and a biochar soil amendment. In late
> 2009 I was asked by researchers at PATH to evaluate it as a potential fuel
> in a possible stove project, which they were planning in northern Senegal.
> Although the project did not get funded, I had very good results with this
> type of dung.
>
> It, of course, has a lower density than man-made pellets. However, if you
> could get those goats to squeeze a bit harder (a stand in one place), it
> would be perfect. It burns very cleanly and smells great. I had the
> resulting Goat poop charcoal tested for ph, adsorption and adsorption, by
> Dr
> Hugh McLaughlin. As a soil amendment it's high ash content would give it a
> significant liming effect, but this was largely neutralized by rinsing.
>
> It worked well in pot tests and I have attached Hugh's data sheets.
>
> We have not had much of a chance to work with this in the field, not a lot
> of goats in Central America. However this has become a staple fuel in my
> High School stove building workshops. What 15 year old doesn't like to
> light
> poop on fire?
>
> Art Donnelly
>
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