[Stoves] In search for a stove model for the disaster in the Philippines

Tue Nov 12 00:23:12 CST 2013

Dear All &Sanya, 
Thank you, Sanya, for remembering me and my family in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental.  Felipa Beach sustained structural damage during the October storm and earthquake but fortunately survived typhoon Haiyan without any further damage.  The Eco-Kalan Project and our partner, the 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippines Army, are preparing to deploy six large Eco-Kalan-C  each to critical emergency shelters in  Central Visayas.   From our experience, six Eco-Kalan-C can cook enough food for 1,000 people at mealtime.  We are looking at this time for large capacity pots and woks such as the ones we used at the July Approvecho stove camp (40-60 liter capacity);  and portable biomass stoves that can hold these cooking vessels and can  cook continuously  large volumes of food for long periods of time.  Do you know who can donate these large capacity cooking vessels and stoves? Thanks, 

Rebecca 
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From: "Erin Rasmussen" <erin at trmiles.com> 
To: "Discussion of biomass cooking stoves" <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org> 
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 11:48:12 AM 
Subject: Re: [Stoves] In search for a stove model for the disaster in        the        Philippines 

The Midge is also a good gasifier made with simple tools, and can be made out of scavanged cans. It's not overly safe but it's a good temporary technology http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/stovesdoc/midge/THE_COMPLETE_MIDGE.pdf 

Japanese style cone kilns for biochar are also quick to assemble, and can be used with tree branches, vines and other misc sources of wood. It helps to have dry material, but this style of biochar maker is more tolerant of wet material than the TLUD oven designs: http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/Wilson-Cone-Kiln 

Dr Reddy's Good Stove designs are also quick to assemble from cans and other material that you may/may not have easy access to  http://www.goodstove.com/ 

There's also the SODIS method for pasteurizing drinking water. If you have 6 hours of sunlight, you can use a simple fabric filter to get water clear enough and use a plastic bottle and some reflective metal to pasteurize it: http://www.sodis.ch/methode/anwendung/index_EN 

Keep in mind that the pasteurization temperature of water is lower than the boiling temperature. If the initial water is clean enough, a lot of fuel can be saved just by bringing it up to the right temperature.  Here's a link to a chart for the temps at which most common pathogens can be killed: 

http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Water_pasteurization 

Kind regards, 

Erin Rasmussen 

Stoves Discussion List 

erin at trmiles.com 

From: Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Guinto 
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 11:16 PM 
To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves 
Subject: [Stoves] In search for a stove model for the disaster in the Philippines 

Dear All 

Im writing to you all in trying to contribute to the recent series of disasters in my country. A strong typhoon in October, followed by a strong earthquake in Bohol and now a supertyphoon In November in the Visayas region.  

I would like to contribute to the ongoing relief operations by way of the stoves that will quickly respond to the trauma of the typhoon victims. I believe that there would already be mature models in our network and there so many, i do not know where to begin and which model is best.  

Im in search for a stove model that can be quickly manufactured in a local shop . i have  a good friend in Cebu City, who has a metal and foundry shop and he is confident that he can bring his shop to a large scale production including stamping the metal parts.  

It is a stove that can produce bio char. the bio char i hope to create water filters which the people can make themselves . The clean cookstove making biochar can be a life saving device as it can help people cook their food and produce their clean water while waiting for the relief aids. It should also be one that can be used with wood sticks as most people do not have access to pelletizing or briquetting machines and wood sticks are abundant after the typhoons.  

I am almost describing my own holey roket stove that makes bio char however, my model is too heavy, brittle and will take a month before it is ready for use.  

Going further, the bio char can also be used to reduce the diseases from the evacuation center. I recently learned how to collect and multiply indigenous microorganisms (IMO) using local materials. It is a liquid fortified with beneficial soil organisms.  I intend to test it ,along with the bio char in the toilets in the evacuation centers.  

There are already several humanitarian groups moving to the disaster areas and i hope to mainstream these technologies in their efforts.  

Your advice is most appreciated.  

Jed Guinto 

Philippines 

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