[Stoves] Where is the Stove Comparison

[Francesco Tortorici]

Crispin,

Were there files attached to your response?  I did not see any.

Thanks,
Francesco

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
crispinpigott at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Jan
>
> Thanks for the reminder. It is not a large file.
> It is a spreadsheet and a PDF with explanations and caveats. There could
> always be more. Testing stoves is a messy business.
>
> So, don't read too much into any particular test, though they were chose to
> be representative of the technologies involved. It is expected that during
> the next three years we will make improvements on all of them. The ignition
> of the stoves involves 'technique' and as those skills are developed and
> transferred, we expect even better performance.
>
> You will see that two classes of stove, TLUD and Crossdraft, are
> consistently performing well no makes who makes it. I have not been making
> downdraft stoves for this market but will do so from July. That will bring
> in another strong contender into the 99% reduction class.
>
> It is not clearly stated that the stoves are developed for a particular
> fuel
> (lignite from Nalaikh Mine). They can be adapted to any fuel as far as I
> understand things. We are going to try goat dung during the coming year.
> Dung burners: don't forget we are going to work out something for Central
> Asia!
>
> Regards
> Crispin
>
>
> +++++++++
>
> Crispin,
>
> During March you said that a stove comparison of 17 different stoves
> falling
> into one of the following four stove types was about to be issued:
>
> Traditional bottom lit updraft
> Crossdraft
> Top lit updraft
> Bottom lit downdraft
>
> I haven't seen it anywhere.  Can you tell me when it is going to be issued,
> or, if it already has been, where I can find it?
>
> Jan Bianchi
>
>
>
>
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