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

[Bruno M.]

Dear Dr TLUD,

The same video can also be viewed here:
http://www.newslook.com/videos/266291-biochar-aids-india-s-farmers-environment?autoplay=true
( or http://tinyurl.com/3frqbso   )

About question 1)
  At 3.44  the narrator says  "2 years"

About question 2)
It looks like this video is made in different takes,
they first show the (over-)loading with Sawdust,
but before they show the un-loading of the biochar, they show the woman 
loading
and firing woodsticks. So they did not show how this stove burns with 
sawdust.
That would have been indeed interesting to now.

Questions 3 & 4 are best answered i guess, by people who used or 
developed the Anila stove.

grts
Bruno M.
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Op 18-5-2011 17:56, Paul S. Anderson schreef:
>
> 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 
> <mailto:psanders%40ilstu.edu>
> www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-micro-gasification.pdf (Best ref.)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Quoting Erich Knight <erichjknight at gmail.com 
> <mailto:erichjknight%40gmail.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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