[Stoves] Reports from ETHOS meetings: the future of TLUD research / on-line library on the basics of combustion

[Boll, Martin Dr.]

Hi Julien and stovers,

I just pick out of the points (__they are all important !__) only the first point, you wrote Julien:

"1) Establish an on-line library on the basics of combustion science with
topics on buoyance, turbulence, gas combustion, and reaction kinetics,
etc.."

I underline it and add the importance of thumb-basics with combustion science background and naturally not to forget practice-proved knowledge/findings.

e.g. knowledge of temperature rating by sight of the glow-color; as Tom Reed a lot of time referred to the stoves-list. 
Or Lanny Henson's remark, that at least 4 sticks are necessary for a successful fire in a burning-chamber. 
Or Crispin's remark that 40 cm is often sufficient for an acceptable working chimney.
Or Andrew Heggie's remark that different climates need different constructed stoves, due to the surrounding influence (humidity, level above sea, -besides the normally respected different available fuels)
Those are few examples for a lot of a small seeds for my brain. Or such was sometimes the "yeah! " of what I was thinking or feeling since before.
Let us collect those precious simple tesserae, and bring them in a form to find and re-find them easily and to be aware of.
But at first we should discuss systems how to manage that;
 -meanwhile collecting privately self- important-(felt)-found simple thumb-facts with related key-words.
I guess a searchable PDF-file would be helpful and simple. 

By time the stoves list would be a great treasure, - when it was a, by key-words, searchable archive up to the beginning!?

Regards
Martin

Referring to parts of:
Message: 5
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:07:01 -0500
From: Julien Winter <winter.julien at gmail.com>
To: Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
	<stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Subject: [Stoves] Reports from ETHOS meetings: the future of TLUD
	research


There are a few things that I think would be helpful.
1) Establish an on-line library on the basics of combustion science with
topics on buoyance, turbulence, gas combustion, and reaction kinetics,
etc..  Tutorials on instrumentation and measurement and calibration are
vital to make sure that good quality observations and interpretations are
made.  The basics of how to run an experiment are also important.
Understanding the social science of cookstove use and dissemination is
vital.
2) Provide access to academic papers behind the pay-wall:
2a) Pay journals to make some key articles open access.
2b) Allow developers to apply for funding for a membership to a university
library.
3) Have a source of funding which innovators can submit proposals to
get basic gear such as thermocouples and CO meters.
4) Establish good lines of communication and mentoring between combustion
scientist at universities and field researchers.
5) Provide mentoring and a means for them to publish their findings.  The
Journal of Humanitarian Engineering is a good example.
6) Help fund travel to present their finds at conferences like ETHOS.

There are just a few ideas.  I think that this kind of support would have a
huge impact for stove developers in countries where the stoves are to be
used.  For information exchange, "Dr. TLUD" and bioenergylists are already
very helpful.

Above, I have focused on science and technology.  However, a similar
argument could be made for social science, and it is vital that workers
from different disciplines have a basic understanding of whole picture.

I come to stoves from the agricultural sciences.  We have a saying: "every
farm should be an experimental farm."  In other words, science should not
be just top-down from institutions, but should also be bottom-up.

Thanks again for your vote of encouragement, Alex.  One of these days, I
should make a trip out the Burt's Greenhouses.

Cheers,
Julien.







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