[Stoves] [Ethos] Additional presentations at ETHOS 2015

[Erin Rasmussen]

Sorry this message came to the stoves list twice - that was my fault. 
 - Erin 

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From: Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of
Samuel Bentson
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 3:49 PM
To: Anderson
Cc: ethos at vrac.iastate.edu; marchese at colostate.edu; Discussion of biomass
cooking stoves
Subject: Re: [Stoves] [Ethos] Additional presentations at ETHOS 2015

Hi Paul,

I chose that title to garner interest. It worked! The point is to show how
to better standardize the WBT, and in case that is not possible, to show how
to be aware of how the results can be manipulated or misunderstood. Here are
the slides I threw together in a few minutes after deciding not to do my
original talk. It's mainly just some headings. We're working on a paper that
goes into detail about the water quantity used, it also talks about the
temperature of the water during simmer, and the firepower used to bring the
water to boil.  You're right that the quantity of water influences the
emissions metrics. The current WBT does have some language about not
comparing tests that were conducted with different amounts of water, but it
is vague. I wasn't aware of it when I gave the talk and I don't think other
testers I have spoken to are aware of it.

Sam