[Stoves] [biochar] SCAD Farm Science Center,...and Anila stove

[Paul S. Anderson]

Dear Stovers and biochar enthusiasts, and Prof. Ravikumar if someone  
can forward this to him for some comments.

The video referenced by Eric (see below) is well worth watching for  
both biochar and for stoves interests, especially for developing  
countries.  The case study shown is in India with Prof. Ravikumar and  
his Anila stove is shown at the end.  Congratulations to all whose  
work is shown in the video!!!!

Questions that I have:

1.  There is a brief glitch in the audio and it is not clear if the  
biochar research has been going on for two or for twelve or some other  
number of years.  If 12 years, further documentation should be  
gathered.  RESULTS of biochar used in soils needs more success  
stories, and I hope that some can be generated from this work in India.

2.  The Anila stove:  The video shows sawdust being put into the  
Anila, but the charcoal that is dumped out is clearly chared sticks.   
Further reporting (not just via video) would be useful.

3.  The video shows the lighting of the central fuel-combustion  
chamber of the Anila, clearly ignited at the top (as in a TLUD), but  
that is different from previous explanations that I have had of the  
Anila.

4.  Related to #3 above, I thought that the Anila expells its  
pyrolytic gases (those created in the retort annulus) a the bottom so  
that the gases were combusted in the central chamber, giving more heat  
that drives the pyrolysis in the retort.  But that concept does not  
match well with what is shown in the video.  Just not enough shown to  
have my questions answered, so I hope that further info can be obtained.

Again, congratulations to all for their hard work and accomplishments.

Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Known to some as:  Dr. TLUD    Doc    Professor
Phone (USA): 309-452-7072   SKYPE: paultlud   Email: psanders at ilstu.edu
www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf   (Best ref.)


Quoting Erich Knight <erichjknight at gmail.com>:

> Hi List,*
>
> SCAD Farm Science Center;
>  *5000 biochar farmers trained, 500 villages served & 150,000 trees planted
> Now if we had 100,000 more of these centers, we would be getting somewhere.
>
> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xiqpqh_biochar-aids-india-s-farmers-environment_news
>
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>
> Cheers
> Erich
>



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