[Stoves] Hazards for Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves

[Lanny Henson]

Christa,
I believe I read the summary a few years back but not the full report. That was very helpful!!
It there an org that could provide 3rd party safety testing that would be accepted by the insurance underwriters?
Lanny

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CHRISTA ROTH 
  To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [Stoves] Hazards for Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves


  Lanny, have you had a look at the safety protocol suggested by Nathan Johnson? It is available on the legacy website of PCIA on the bottom of the page http://www.pciaonline.org/testing. It actually operationalizes most of the issues you are raising. 
  regards Christa

  Am 12.03.2013 um 20:45 schrieb Lanny Henson <lannych at bellsouth.net>:


    I need liability insurance for an institutional size wood cooking stove that I would like to market in the USA as well as outside the USA.

    I need a list of stove hazards, problems and solutions for a presentation to an insurance underwriter.

    Is anyone else working on this? I have started a list and I would appreciate your input and comments.

    Lanny Henson

    Hazards for Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves

      1.. Hot surfaces that can cause burns
      2.. Cook space air pollution
      3.. Tip over
      4.. Bump spill not steady footing
      5.. Hot handles
      6.. Over fire run away fire, out of control fire (batch burners)
      7.. Hot coals spill out, roll out or puff out igniting combustibles.
      8.. Flame containment, not enough distance to combustibles.
      9.. Hot stove surfaces, not enough distance to combustibles.
      10.. Structural integrity, falls apart, burns up, door fails, legs breaks off
      11.. Sharp edges that can cut or scrape
      12.. Sparks out the exhaust that could ignite combustibles
      13.. Volume of fuel in a batch could be a factor. example 12 kg of wood in a wood space heater verses 1 kg of wood in a cook stove. 12 kg has the potential to do more harm than 1 kg.
      14.. Pot spill from difficult access. Like lifting a pot from a sunken pot stove.
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