[Stoves] Charcoal in Animal Feed and Bedding

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Yuri (cc List) 

As background: Dr. Yuri and I (and at least 8-10 other present stove list members) met in 2000 at the first (?) stoves conference in Pune, India. We have communicated like this every few years. It would be a lot more often except for language problems (his English is imperfect, but a lot better than my Russian). My perception is that Dy. Yuri is the leading char-making expert in Russia. 
Alex English has given a short photo essay showing Yuri and others at: 
http://bioenergylists.org/stovesdoc/Karve_Conference/Images/bfcspics.htm 
Alex was also principally responsible for several pyrolyzers that ARTI (list members Drs. AD and Priya Karve from ARTI were this first conference organizers) has continued to use and develop. 

See below . 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yury Yudkevich" <charwood at rambler.ru> 
To: rongretlarson at comcast.net, stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org 
Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 12:52:32 AM 
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Charcoal in Animal Feed and Bedding 


Dear Ron, 
Thank you, that you remember me. I think of you often and heartily. 
We continue to make environmentally friendly vehicles for the 
production of charcoal. I hope our presence in this area has changed the 
views of many industrialists. Environmental cleanliness was one of the 
principles of modern charcoal burning in Russia. This has an impact on 
some neighboring countries. 8 large furnaces operating in Russia today. 
Each furnace making 150 tons of charcoal per month. 
[RWL1 : That is nice growth. In 2000, I think you had 2?. But your website talks of this annual output for the portable units, and larger annual output for the Polikor and Ektalon units shown at 
http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/stovesdoc/Yudkevitch/charcoal/ 
Can you clarify on which units total 8? Only the portable type? And are your larger units also still in operation? 

Imitators have appeared now. They make a small stove, but the principle is the same. 
[RWL2: Especially on this list, we should like to hear more on small stoves. Do these imitator stoves employ multiple cans that are lifted in and out (thereby being more continuous than batch). Is any of the produced "stove-char" getting used in agriculture? 

This is very much in Russia. I opened a forum 
http://charcoal.russ-forum.ru/ for learning clean technology new 
entrepreneurs (in Russian). It has more than 120 subscribers today. I 
hope that my work is useful for the country and the world. 
[RWL3: Looks like a successful forum. I have tried to learn a little there (Google translator is quite good) Can you direct us to particular parts of the forum discussing activities that you feel are especially new? 
Russia has by far the world's largest standing forests. Are they being harvested so as to maximize new carbon sequestration? To control forest fires? Does the production of char have any detractors? 

I'll be happy to hear about your life today. I ask you to convey my 
warmest regards to your wife. 
[RWL4: Much less of my life now on charcoal-making or small stoves - mostly on Biochar policy (and would love to hear more on Russian activities there). All going well. Gretchen is also well and returns tomorrow from 12 days in Mexico (I am a bachelor today). She would want to send her regards as well. 
Congratulations on all your nice progress in Russia. ] 

Ron] 

sincerely yours, 
Yury Yudkevich. charwood at rambler.ru 
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