[Stoves] Stove testing with and beyond the WBT

Fri Apr 5 18:05:29 CDT 2013

Hi Ron,

When we test TLUDs that make charcoal the protocol is pretty much the same
as for non char making stoves. Most any stove makes some char. Some TLUDs
just make more, right?

Put biomass fuel in TLUD
You know the energy content and moisture content
(Use the bomb calorimeter if needed)
Boil the water
Separate the unburned wood from the char
Weigh both
Use the bomb calorimeter to see how much energy is in the char
Figure out how much energy was used to boil the water
Do the same for simmering water.
The hood tells us how much CO2, CO, PM was made to boil and simmer the
water with that stove.

What more do you want done?
Add the climate change effect of burying the char?
Etc?
We could try it at Stove Camp?

Best,

Dean

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:42 PM, <rongretlarson at comcast.net> wrote:

> Ranyee, list,  Crispin, and Paul
>
>    Thanks for your "test" response below, on behalf of GACC.
>
>    I am not very worried about fixing what Crispin has identified for the
> vast majority of existing stoves.  I am sure he is raising valid concerns
> but they are not mine (nor  I think Paul's).  The earlier messages in this
> thread do not seem to be related at all to the new brand of (superior??)
> stoves that make char.
>
>    The present standards were developed when no-one was even aware of the
> potential of char-making stoves.  The present set of measurements for
> char-makng stoves are akin to judging the quality of oranges using rules
> set up for apples.   Therefore, I strongly urge getting a separate group
> together with only char-making and carbon negative climate interests to
> assist in any revision to the present standards.  The fact that about half
> of the stoves being demonstrated in Phnom Penh two weeks ago are being
> given testing tasks and rankings that are ill-suited for their design
> should be of serious concern to GACC.
>
>   I thought you and the entire GACC staff put on a marvelous conference in
> a wonderful location.
>
> Ron
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Ranyee Chiang" <rchiang at cleancookstoves.org>
> *To: *"Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <crispinpigott at gmail.com>, "Paul
> Anderson" <psanders at ilstu.edu>, "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" <
> stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> *Sent: *Friday, April 5, 2013 1:52:37 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Stoves] Stove testing with and beyond the WBT
>
>  Paul, Dean, Crispin, et al. -
>
>
>
> We’re looking forward to seeing the detailed proposed protocol.  For all
> protocol development, we at the Alliance have been emphasizing the need for
> review by broad stakeholders – regional testing centers, manufacturers,
> investors, and consumer representatives as much as possible, so we hope
> that the review process can continue with this effort.  At one point
> Crispin had questioned whether this process leads to independent review.  I
> think  independence is a tricky concept, because it’s unclear who the
> independence would be from.  But I think a better way to achieve the broad
> goal is to have inclusive and public review (if you have enough voices, the
> result is somewhat independent from everyone).  I think the issues to
> especially focus on will be ones that impact the various stakeholders -
> testing feasibility, resources needed (time, financial, equipment), clarity
> for communicating results, etc.
>
>
>
> As Dean mentioned, we are focused on how to integrate field considerations
> into best practices for testing and standards.  We had much discussion at
> the Forum (notes are currently being polished), and it will continue.  It
> will be important to work out how we fit the different protocols together,
> when which protocol is used, based on context, resources, goals.  How would
> newly developed procedures supplement, partially replace, replace existing
> protocols?  Of course, this is also related to the goal for harmonization
> as raised in the IWA.
>
>
>
> Paul also raised the issue of recalculating older test results so they can
> be comparable or harmonized.  I think another issue to consider is how much
> have technologies changed and are the older test results still applicable.
> We are also planning discussions to map out a strategy for integrating
> future testing results and data together, especially to communicate stove
> performance (IWA Tiers) that has been independently evaluated.  Part of the
> discussion should be around what is the minimal set of data that the
> testing centers need to share to facilitate collaboration and harmonization
> among the different centers.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ranyee
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Crispin Pemberton-Pigott [mailto:crispinpigott at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 04, 2013 9:41 PM
> *To:* 'Paul Anderson'; 'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'
> *Cc:* Ranyee Chiang
> *Subject:* RE: Stove testing with and beyond the WBT
>
>
>
> Dear Paul and Everyone
>
>
>
> Thanks for devoting so much time to considering the tasks ahead and the
> alternative paths forward. As you know from your travels we face a huge
> variety of testing requirements in the field. It is my hope that we can
> create an agreed scientific platform on which to perform a wide variety of
> culturally relevant tests that provide normalised results. The Toolbox is a
> collection of mathematical and cultural tools for measuring performance
> over a wide range of conditions in diverse cultures.
>
>
>
> I am particularly thankful to Cecil Cook for the efforts contributed to
> developing the social science tools about which we will hear a lot more in
> the coming months. The cultural appropriateness of stoves is often
> considered only after a technology has been ‘invented’. Being relevant is a
> major consideration to marketing campaigns. Sustainability is strongly
> desired and being sustainable means being simultaneously an improvement and
> desirable from cultural, economic and environmental points of view. It is
> by definition a Triple Bottom Line adventure.
>
>
>
> We will share as much as we can as and when contributors add to the
> Toolbox. Although it is an inadequate description due to the fact it is
> brief, I have attached a Powerpoint presentation giving some of the
> motivating factors for creating the Stove Testing Toolbox and what can be
> expected from it.
>
>
>
> Very briefly it intends to provide each tool with the purpose, the
> metrics, the definitions and the presentation of results for conducting a
> single testing element of any performance evaluation. While this is
> implicit in many tests, this divides each task conceptually into discrete
> segments and creates validated processes that normalises data in order to
> permit a wide range of tests to give comparable results. It does not
> specify any tasks, it specifies how a task *of that type* should be done
> to get a relevant and correct output.
>
>
>
> This is widely done in the fields of assessing engineering performance and
> medical research into diseases and treatments.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Crispin
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Stovers,
>
> Since the GACC Forum in Cambodia, the topic of stove testing "problems and
> opportunities" have led me to some thoughts to share, along with some
> examples.  In the document I wrote:
>
> I believe that a collection and combination of various tests will SERVE
> MUCH BETTER the needs of the cookstove communities than will the
> overreliance on the “standard  WBT”, even when that WBT has eventually been
> corrected for errors in calculation, and formally reviewed openly.
>
>
> The attached document is for all to read and share with others, and it
> will be placed on the   www.drtlud.com   and could be at the Stoves
> website if Tom and Erin think it is worthy.
>
> Paul
>
> Paul S. Anderson, PhD  aka "Dr TLUD"
>
> Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu   Skype: paultlud  Phone: +1-309-452-7072
>
> Website:  www.drtlud.com
>
>
>
>
>
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