[Stoves] Biomass Fired Appliance Characteristics, Features, Qualities, Attributes and or Considerations

[Lanny Henson]

Crispin,
I am sure Cecil will shares his ideas when he is ready to.
Lanny

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <crispinpigott at gmail.com>
To: "'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'" 
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Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Stoves] Biomass Fired Appliance Characteristics, 
Features,Qualities, Attributes and or Considerations


> Dear Lanny
>
> You have been doing the 'right thing' with your copious free time.
>
> Cecil Cook is in transit right now and these are exactly the sort of
> questions he has been trying to categorise the questions you ask into
> groups. In other words he is taking a systems approach that asks 'the 
> right
> question' each of which leads to a group of related questions that provide
> facts or numbers of responses as a set.
>
> Perhaps you can stir him to reply.
>
> Regards
> Crispin
>
>
> ++++++
> I have had some down time with a pilon fracture and I have been working on
> a list of stove characteristics, features, qualities, attributes and or
> considerations.
>
> Biomass Fired Appliance Characteristics, Features, Qualities, Attributes 
> and
> or Considerations.
>
> 1.      Type of cooking appliance and type of cooking task, like cooking
> with woks, pots, pans, griddles, ovens, and or grills.
>
> 2.      Volume to be cooked- Is the stove sized to cook the right 
> quantity,
> for individual, household, commercial, institutional, or industrial size.
>
> 3.      Cost and payoff period, how much work will the stove do, how much
> fuel will it save, how much labor will it save.
>
> 4.      Overall functionality, how well does the stove do the job?
>
> 5.      Durability and ruggedness, longevity, will it last? will it burn
> out? or will it break, what is the lifespan.
>
> 6.      Ease of use, How easy is it to fire the stove up from cold start,
> what is the skill level necessary to operate, and the attention period
> necessary to keep it going.
>
> 7.      User appeal, pride of ownership, does the appliance look good, 
> have
> the wow factor? Does the stove make you say yes!
>
> 8.      Safety, does it burn people, children, or tip over, bump spill,
> smoke, set walls, floor, ceiling or woods on fire.
>
> 9.      Fuel efficiency, cost to operate, and cost to fire up the stove.
> Cost of fuel in area to be used.
>
> 10.  Fuel type and fuel flexibility, does it burn raw wood? What size? or
> processed wood like pellets, briquettes, how about  grass/straw faggots or
> bundles? Doe's it burn charcoal or dung?
>
> 11.  Time to fire up the stove from a cold start.
>
> 12.  The ease to which you can fire the stove up from a cold start.
>
> 13.  Time needed to operate the stove continuously, Fire and forget or 
> need
> constant attention,
>
> 14.  Skills level needed to use the stove.
>
> 15.  Learning curve, or how difficult is it to learn the skills to operate
> the stove.
>
> 16.  Attention Period to maintain, how often to check stove for the 
> initial
> batch burn, if one, and then for extended continuous cooking, like every 
> 10
> mi, 20 mi or 30 mi.
>
> 17.  The ability to add fuel to boost the heat or extend cooking time
> without creating smoke.
>
> 18.  How forgiving of mistakes by unskilled, unmotivated cook, like adding
> too much fuel, or letting the fire go out.
>
> 19.  Ability to recover from loss of flaming combustion, when burning 
> wood,
> can you relight stove by increasing combustion air, or by adding more 
> wood.
>
> 20.  Consistency, does it cook the same way, and uses the same amount of
> fuel, every time, for the same cooking task? Is fuel use predictable?
>
> 21.  How well does it functions in bad weather? Wind rain, storm?
>
> 22.  Does it need electricity or gas (petroleum gas) to operate?
>
> 23.  Cook space air pollution. Does it cause smoke or carbon monoxide in 
> the
> cook space? Indoor or outdoor.
>
> 24.  Cooking flexibility, how well does it cook different types of food in
> different volumes at different rates?
>
> 25.  How long will it hold food safe, hot?
>
> 26.  Power/heat level control, can you turn the heat down, or turn it up.
>
> 27.  Cooling down control to reduce temps, can you cool the pan to prevent
> scorching when the oil starts to smoke?
>
> 28.  Serviceability and reparability can you get spare parts, can you 
> build
> spare parts locally? Are there consumable parts? If so are they 
> replaceable?
>
> 29.  Ease of clean up.
>
> 30.  Sanitary construction, Are there any places for bacteria to hide like
> cracks or dry laps or inside corners. Does the stove smell bad? like 
> putrid
> grease?
>
> 31.  Portability, Is it easy to load, transport, easy to set up?
>
> 32.  Does the stove make charcoal?  for biochar?  for cooking fuel?
>
> 33.  Can you submersible the stove in sea water and it still function?
>
> 34.  Shipping cost crate charge, logistic, can assembly be done on site?
>
> 35.  Environmental impact, soil erosion or depletion, deforestation, air
> pollution,
>
> 36.  Does it have entertainment value, is it fun to use, conversation
> starter, common topic of conversation for people with diverse backgrounds
> and cultures. Everyone has something to say about food and cooking.
>
> 37.  How well does it work for emergency and disaster response? and for
> short and long term survival situations?
>
> 38.  Does the stove have the potential to create local commerce?  Local
> manufacturing/ assembly of the stove or sales of stoves, and street 
> vending.
>
> 39.  Ash management. How easy to empty and can you do it while the stove 
> is
> in use.
>
> 40.  Will the stove help process or dry its own fuel?
>
> 41.  Chimney or no chimney?
>
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