[Stoves] Burning jatropha fruit

[Lloyd Helferty]

Joyce,

   You might wish to direct your question to the [stoves] list (CC'd).  
I have tried jatropha nuts in a TLUD. The whole idea of improving a 
"three stone stove" (fire) seems like it would probably require hardware 
anyway, even if it is just a piece of sheet metal to wrap around the 
base of the fire and protect it from wind / reflect the heat back into 
the centre.  And, if you have the sheet metal anyway...

Regards,

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On 2012-07-03 12:40 AM, Joyce Lockard wrote:
>
> Dear Lloyd;
>
> It may be a far cry from burning jatropha in a TLUD, but has anyone 
> tried burning the dried fruit in a three stone fire? Would addition of 
> some kind of grate to get them up off the ground be feasible or 
> productive?  The poorest of women, the ones I want to help, probably 
> earn less than a dollar a day and can save nothing.  I wonder whether 
> anyone has thought about trying to improve the three stone stove---
>
> Joyce
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