[Stoves] corn cobs and char

[Tom Miles]

Art,

 

At various times we have seen examples of corn cob use in rocket stoves at
ETHOS by Trees Water and People (Honduras) and CEDESOL (Bolivia, David
Whitfield ) 

http://www.treeswaterpeople.org/ 

http://cedesol.org/

 

Volunteer from various organizations have told me that people often push
cobs in along with wood fuel. 

 

Tom

 

 

From: Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of
Art Donnelly
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 10:06 AM
To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
Subject: [Stoves] corn cobs and char

 

Dear Dr. Karve,

I have only witnessed cobs without kernels being used as animal fodder. I
have often seen this in both Costa Rica and the US. We have not encountered
anyone in Costa Rica's indigenous reserves using corn cobs as a fuel source,
but there is no scarcity of woody biomass in these areas.

I did a quick look online and saw that using approximately 20% corn cobs in
the diet of pigs is a practice that has a long history and has often been
promoted by various extension services and researchers. 

As I said, we know they work great in the TLUDs, but have not yet worked in
an area where they are widely enough available to make them a cooking fuel
option.

Art Donnelly

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