[Stoves] Fwd: Smoke-free biomass pellet fueled stove

Ronald Hongsermeier rwhongser at web.de
Tue Nov 6 04:19:01 CST 2012


Dear Kevin,

Please define "Imperialism" since it's not clear from the context what 
you mean.

Thanks,

Ronald von der Neuenkleinindustrieparkanlage



On 06.11.2012 05:37, Kevin wrote:
> Dear Anil
> Sadly, it looks like Imperialism is still alive and well.
> Best wishes,
> Kevin
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* nari phaltan <mailto:nariphaltan at gmail.com>
>     *To:* Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
>     <mailto:stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:09 AM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Stoves] Fwd: Smoke-free biomass pellet fueled stove
>
>     *Dear Prof Nurhuda,*
>     *
>     *
>     *It is a very impressive development and you are right in
>     expecting a suitable rate of return on your intellectual property.
>     Such requests for waiving rights have also been received by us for
>     our ethanol stove work before from some members of the group.*
>     *
>     *
>     *All the best.*
>     *
>     *
>     *Anil K Rajvanshi*
>     *
>     *
>     *
>     *
>
>
>     On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 4:38 PM, <mnurhuda at ub.ac.id
>     <mailto:mnurhuda at ub.ac.id>> wrote:
>
>         Dear Prof. Anderson,
>
>         The equipments used to produce the stove are actually the standard
>         equipments used in the kerosene stove production. They are
>         hydraulic
>         press, welding equipment, roller, and still many other equipments.
>
>         The number of personals are 30 persons, but those are involved
>         in the
>         production, due to still lower demand, is only 6-10 persons.
>
>         The maximum production capacity, at moment, around 500 units
>         in week. But
>         we can increase up to 1000 units in week. It depends on the
>         difficulty
>         level, the stove dimension and still many other things.
>
>         The expenses used in the development of new stoves are mostly
>         for research
>         and purchasing or build new equipments. We have spent more
>         tens thousands
>         US$ from our start in the mid 2008. I therefore disagree to
>         any proposal
>         to intelectual right removal, as you ever wrote about it to me
>         two years
>         ago.
>
>         Kind regards
>         M. Nurhuda
>
>
>
>         Regards
>         M. Nurhuda
>
>
>         > Dear M. Nurhuda,
>         >
>         > Thank you for the info.
>         >
>         > Many of us are curious about your workshop to produce such
>         nice items.
>         > Questions include the equipment, personnel, and production
>         capacity.
>         >
>         > With appreciation,
>         >
>         > Paul
>         >
>         > Paul S. Anderson, PhD  aka "Dr TLUD"
>         > Email: psanders at ilstu.edu <mailto:psanders at ilstu.edu>  
>         Skype: paultlud  Phone: +1-309-452-7072 <tel:%2B1-309-452-7072>
>         > Website: www.drtlud.com <http://www.drtlud.com>
>         >
>         > On 11/5/2012 1:13 AM, Ron Larson wrote:
>         >>
>         >> Lists:
>         >>
>         >>   Prof. Nurhuda has ok'd my forwarding this additional
>         information on
>         >> his recently announced stove.
>         >>
>         >> Ron
>         >>
>         >>
>         >> Begin forwarded message:
>         >>
>         >>> *From:* Muhammad Nurhuda <mnurhuda at gmail.com
>         <mailto:mnurhuda at gmail.com>
>         >>> <mailto:mnurhuda at gmail.com <mailto:mnurhuda at gmail.com>>>
>         >>> *Date:* November 4, 2012 5:01:46 PM MST
>         >>> *To:* rongretlarson at comcast.net
>         <mailto:rongretlarson at comcast.net>
>         <mailto:rongretlarson at comcast.net
>         <mailto:rongretlarson at comcast.net>>
>         >>> *Subject:* *Re: [Stoves] Smoke-free biomass pellet fueled
>         stove*
>         >>>
>         >>> Dear Mr Larson,
>         >>>
>         >>> Thank a lot for your email. The stove is my recent attempt
>         in order
>         >>> biomass pellet can be well burnt. Previously, I developed
>         stove fueled
>         >>> wit
>         >>> palm kernel shell. Even the stove was excellent for palm
>         kernel shell,
>         >>> but
>         >>> it is not immediately good for biomass pellet. There are a
>         lot of
>         >>> things
>         >>> that have to be optimized.
>         >>>
>         >>> Yes, the excess air can be seen from the appearance of the
>         flame.
>         >>> Optimal
>         >>> secondary air would produce very transparent,short flame,
>         though it
>         >>> must
>         >>> not be blue...... Mr Crispin Pemberton Pigott has
>         witnessed the stove
>         >>> as I demonstrated it in Yayasan Dian Desa, last October.
>         >>>
>         >>> I just started to sell this pellet stoves. At the moment,
>         I got
>         >>> purchasing
>         >>> order of 1200 stoves. It occurs after the buyer perform
>         test by
>         >>> himself.
>         >>> However, due to limited capacity of our workshop, the
>         buyer must wait
>         >>> up
>         >>> to 3 months right now. At the moment, we are manufacturing
>         1600
>         >>> chopped-wood fueled stoves for project in Sumba Island,
>         Indonesia.
>         >>>
>         >>> The percentage of charcoal by weight is 20-25%. Some time
>         it is less.
>         >>> But
>         >>> certainly, our stove burns the smoke very well until the
>         last smoke
>         >>> production.
>         >>>
>         >>> Biochar is char that contains volatile matter (VM) less
>         then 3%. When
>         >>> the
>         >>> VM is still high, let say 5%, the reaction of VM and water
>         can lead the
>         >>> acidic soil condition, and it is not good for the plant.
>         We believe
>         >>> that
>         >>> the biochar produced by combustion of our stove is
>         VM-free, such that
>         >>> it
>         >>> is good for soil conditioner.
>         >>>
>         >>> As you might know, my background is a theoretical atomic
>         and laser
>         >>> physicist. I do not know some specific terms like
>         turn-down ratio. I
>         >>> started to develop stoves in the late 2008.  In addition,
>         I do not have
>         >>> laboratory, just small workshop that produces the stoves.
>         So far, the
>         >>> performance tests are performed by external laboratories.
>         In 2010 test
>         >>> performed by PT Puser Bumi in cooperation with directory
>         of bioenergy,
>         >>> republic of Indonesia, our wood chopped stoves was the
>         best among other
>         >>> 60
>         >>> stoves.
>         >>>
>         >>> Kind regards
>         >>> M. Nurhuda
>         >>>
>         >>> > Prof. Nurhuda
>         >>> > This is a really fine looking stove. The part that
>         intrigues me most
>         >>> is
>         >>> that you are controlling secondary air for the pyrolysis
>         gases. And
>         >>> apparently doing it (and primary air) well with the
>         rotating disc
>         >>> mechanism. I do not recall seeing any other stove
>         controlling both
>         >>> (without a fan) - so any data on the value of that for
>         users of the
>         >>> stove
>         >>> > could be very helpful to others. (Can they control
>         excess air by the
>         >>> look
>         >>> > of the flame?)
>         >>> > A few questions:
>         >>> > the price?
>         >>> > sales going well?
>         >>> > what percentage char by weight?
>         >>> > any soil improvement results from using the biochar?
>         >>> > can you do more than a 4:3 turndown ratio? (based on
>         your two stated
>         >>> power
>         >>> > levels)
>         >>> > apparently you are striving for biochar (great!), but
>         can you
>         >>> describe
>         >>> conditions if you try to burn the produced char?
>         >>> > any efficiency data?
>         >>> > you appear to be pre-heating both primary and secondary
>         air - can you
>         >>> attribute any performance improvement to that? (I know of
>         no-one else
>         >>> doing both)
>         >>> > Thanks for the alert on your stove.
>         >>> > Ron
>         >>> > ----- Original Message -----
>         >>> > From:mnurhuda at ub.ac.id <mailto:From%3Amnurhuda at ub.ac.id>
>         >>>
>         <http://webmail.ub.ac.id/src/compose.php?send_to=mnurhuda%40ub.ac.id>
>         >>> > To:stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org
>         <mailto:To%3Astoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>         >>>
>         <http://webmail.ub.ac.id/src/compose.php?send_to=stoves%40lists.bioenergylists.org>
>         >>> > Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 5:03:54 PM
>         >>> > Subject: [Stoves] Smoke-free biomass pellet fueled stove
>         >>> > Dear all,
>         >>> > Please check to following page to see the video of our
>         smoke-free,
>         >>> biomass-pellet fueled stove:
>         >>> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWt25oD1iWk&feature=youtu.be
>         >>> > Kind regards
>         >>> > M. Nurhuda
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