[Stoves] Improved Stoves

[Kevin]

Dear Samantha

I found this article on "Cocina Mejorada, or "Improved Cook Stove":
http://theadventuresofbenjaminandlibby.blogspot.ca/2007/06/day-272-cocina-mejorada-what.html

I don't think that a TLUD stove would work there, for the simple reason that the existing stove seems to be BOTH a cook stove AND a heating stove.  Additionally, the TLUD may not be able to perform the cooking tasks that the people want done. 

However, some other, or "More Improved Cook Stove" may be able to do both jobs better.

As an alternative, perhaps they should have 2 stoves... their standard "cooking and heating stove", and a TLUD stove, that they use for some specific tasks.

It is one thing to come up with a stove that looks better on paper and in the lab, but a "truly improved stove system" does a better job of doing what the Customer wants done.

Best wishes,

Kevin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <SAYoung at sandiegozoo.org>
To: "'Discussion of biomass cooking stoves'" <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 7:11 PM
Subject: [Stoves] Improved Stoves


> Hello sirs! 
> 
> My name is Samantha and I work for the San Diego Zoo Institute for
> Conservation Research, in Conservation Education. For about 2.5 years, I've
> been working on a community-based conservation project in rural northwestern
> Peru (Lambayeque region, specifically out of the town of Batan Grande), in
> support of an Andean bear conservation project. I heard about your Improved
> Stoves project from the article in Conservation Magazine. 
> 
> One of our interests lies in reducing the amount of firewood used by locals
> for cooking. We are exploring a fuel efficient stove popular in Peru, called
> a Cocina Mejorada. It is somewhat easy to make and from locally available
> materials. However, as I understand it, it only reduces the amount of
> firewood by about half, but still requires wood. I am definitely interested
> in exploring TLUD stoves and the like that use different types of biomass
> (lots of corn and cows in the area), but I have zero experience in
> engineering or stove design.  
> 
> I'd love to learn more about what you've done, especially Stove Camp. Are
> you at all interested (or do you know someone who is interested) in training
> locals in Peru to build and use these types of stoves? 
> 
> Thanks for your insight! 
> 
> Cheers,
> Samantha
> ---
> Samantha Young, MS
> Conservation Education
> San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research
> 760-747-8702 ext. 5758
> SAYoung at sandiegozoo.org
> 
> "I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked
> it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do."     --John
> Muir
> 
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