[Stoves] Gas-bottle TLUDs Re: Wood gas cook stoves

[Paul Anderson]

Dear David and to all Stovers,

I received the message below from David Bramham 
<dgbramham at optusnet.com.au> in Australia.

I am bringing his question to the right list, and I hope that David will 
join the list.   Meanwhile, any replies should also include David's 
personal email address.

We are interested in your work, and to have your results be beneficial 
to many people in addition to those on Vanuatu.

I have only done a few simple experiments to make TLUD gasifiers in  old 
gas bottles.   (I mainly work with sheet metal and many tin cans in the 
prototypes.)   But other Stovers have done some. Especially (sorry I 
forgot his name) in Texas who cooks regularly with TLUDs at his home.

To all:   Please do not overlook the metal containers for small propane 
bottles and for covers of oil filters.

To David, I hope that you will make major progress and will send 
messages back to all of us.   Information about cookstoves on Vanuatu 
would be interesting if you have it.   Michael Trevor in the Marshall 
Islands might also have some useful inputs.

Paul

Paul S. Anderson, PhD  aka "Dr TLUD"
Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu   Skype: paultlud  Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website:  www.drtlud.com

On 11/8/2012 5:08 AM, David Bramham wrote:
> Hi,
> I am part of an organization called "The Men's Shed", we are a group of retired men who have an interest in constructing project in all types of materials ,wood,metal etc.The organization is getting to be Australia wide and growing at an alarming rate.
> At my particular establishment we have been making stoves out of old 9 and4 liter gas bottles and sending them to any of the needy people in  Vanuatu .We are currently experimenting with wood gas stoves using the same bottles one inside the other with all the principles of this type of burner ie secondary primary air etc and have had some success , with our main source of information coming from the Internet.Our aim is ,once we have an acceptable model,is to supply the same people that have no other means of cooking except by their current means using smoke generating fires.
> My reason for contacting you is ,after reading your blog, is " Can you supply specifications for such a stove using these used gas bottles".
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> Regards -David
>
>
> Sent from my iPad