[Stoves] ETHOS 2013: Where is the New Data on Stove Performance in the Field?

[Dean Still]

Hi Tom,

Great suggestions for ETHOS!

 A Stove Performance Inventory was released this week with both lab and
field data funded by the Global Alliance.

"This Stove Performance Inventory, developed by the Berkeley Air Monitoring
Group in partnership with the Alliance and with funding from Environment
Canada, contains data from over 600 sets of cookstove performance
tests.  A detailed
report<http://www.cleancookstoves.org/resources_files/stove-performance-inventory-pdf.pdf>
is
available in the Resources section of the Alliance’s website."****


Best,


Dean

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On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:

> Mark,****
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> You have listed a number of standards and protocol topics. Now that GACC
> exists have we made any gains on the science side? Where is the data?  We
> should be generating good field data by now. I don’t want to just hear
> reports about what people have decided in political committees that nobody
> seems to be able to attend or vote in.  ****
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> I would like to see a critical review of the testing protocols and methods
> with regard to the key metrics and emissions. For example, the protocols to
> date have made assumptions about heating values of fuels and residues ash
> and charcoal that I have always felt were just placeholders until someone
> with larger research budgets could validate them. Determining the amount of
> energy left in the ash or charcoal is a good example. I often get asked
> what value to use for the remaining ash/charcoal. I haven’t seen a test
> where the remaining charcoal/ash has been directly tested for ash content
> and heating value. ****
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> Testing the benchmarks. Do the benchmarks that were derived several years
> ago make sense now that we have improved tools for measuring stove
> performance or do we get the same numbers because we’re using the same
> tools? Do the benchmarks tell us anything about stove performance in the
> field? Do stoves preform in the field in the same relative way they are
> shown to perform in the lab or are some stoves much better than others (or
> much worse) when they are used in the field? Are the stoves designed to the
> test (e.g. WBT) or to the use in the field? Do some stoves perform best
> when they are tested in the lab and fail in the field? Or, are we even
> testing for this?****
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> Field applications. Are our tools and metrics of any use for improving
> stove performance in actual use? If so then how are projects in developing
> countries using these tools to improve their fuel use and health? How do
> local, nation, or regional stove projects use these tools to improve their
> stoves, or do they just ignore them?****
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> QA/QC. When a program buys container loads of stoves how do we know that
> they perform within the expectations created by the test results? Do any of
> the manufactured stove suppliers test the quality and performance of their
> stoves on a regular basis? Is there any monitoring?****
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> How has testing been used for different fuels? I was inspired this week by
> a photo from Mexican which a construction worker was using an LPG burner in
> an eCocina stove (Stove Team International) because it substantially
> reduced his LG use. Can we compare fuel consumption for different fuels?
> How good are our fuel consumption metrics? ****
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> Health. We still do not have proven direct correlation between stove
> emissions and heath. Most of the data seems to be recycled. Are there new
> health studies? Has GACC and the many supporting organizations funded any
> of the fundamental health studies that every year Jay Smith tells us are
> lacking? ****
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> These are some of the questions that I would like to see addressed at
> ETHOS. ****
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> Looking forward to another productive ETHOS. ****
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> Thanks****
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> Tom  ****
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> T R Miles Technical Consultants, Inc.****
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> tmiles at trmiles.com****
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> www.trmiles.com****
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> www.stove.bioenergylists.org****
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> *From:* ethos-bounces at vrac.iastate.edu [mailto:
> ethos-bounces at vrac.iastate.edu] *On Behalf Of *Bryden, Kenneth [M E]
> *Sent:* Monday, October 22, 2012 2:05 PM
> *To:* Discussion of biomass cooking stoves; ETHOS - Listserve
> *Subject:* [Ethos] ETHOS 2013****
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> All, ****
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> It's that time of year again! We're starting to get the activities
> together together for the ETHOS conference. The conference will be January
> 25 - 27, 2013 in Seattle. Proposed discussion topics include****
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> - Update on the Global Alliance and their activities****
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> - Standardizing Reporting on IWA Indicators****
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> - Stove Performance Inventory, Sharing Public Data, and Establishing
> Common Data Formats****
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> - Update on ISO Process****
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> - Updates on Protocol Developments (including possibly charcoal, plancha,
> batch-fed, durability, finalizing WBT from public comment period)****
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> Let us know what else you would like to talk about. A lot is happening and
> I'm sure it will be as exciting as ever. I'd appreciate having your ideas
> on topics and panels by November 15.****
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> Abstracts for papers and talks are due January 1.****
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> For more details, to register, and to submit your abstract the conference
> web site is http://www.vrac.iastate.edu/ethos/conference.php.****
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> Please send your ideas directly to Dean and I.****
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> Best regards****
>
> Mark****
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