[Stoves] Ontario Stove Testing Camp 1, 9-10 July 2015

Thu May 21 15:07:51 CDT 2015

Attention All Stove Testers!

The Ontario Stove Testing Camp organising committee announces the first ever

Ontario Stove Testing Camp (what else) to be held in 9-10th July 2015.

Come one, come all, and bring your stoves, a sharp pencil and a good sense
of humour to:

Burt's Greenhouses

539 Maple Road, 

It is just north of Odessa, Ontario, 

Canada Postal Code K0H 2H0.  

If you are flying in, it looks like this
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7s+Greenhouses+Odessa+ON&cp=44.30715~-76.73248> . If you are driving, look
for this
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=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjIH2IrlPex6JZzckDHqYzg!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en> .

Please see the attached announcement which has as many details as we were
able to assemble onto two pages without hiring someone clever.

The announcement is inserted below, which you can forward or share the .pdf.
Please post far and wide. We know the most available will be in Eastern
Canada and NE USA.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Crispin

PS Don't take any wooden
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Ontario Stove Testing Camp 1 

- Measurements and Metrics for Product Development

Are you developing a solid or liquid fuel stove?

Are you looking for detailed information on what to measure to know if your
stove is better or worse?  

Are you looking for information on how to turn your measurements into
valuable metrics?

If your answers are "Yes, yes, yes!" then join us for two days of testing,
trials and tech talk at the first ever Ontario Stove testing Camp.

Date: 9 and 10 July 2015

Time: As soon as you can get there, but try for 9AM on the 9th of July.

Contact: Information on accommodation and reservations:
stove.camp.ontario at gmail.com <mailto:stove.camp.ontario at gmail.com> 

                Julien's Cell Phone for July 4-10:  <tel:905-396-0549>
905-396-0549

Cost: $125
<http://www.newdawnengineering.com/website/library/Ontario_Stove_Testing_Cam
p/OSTC_2015/125Bucks.GIF>  Canadian Bucks (US $100
<http://www.newdawnengineering.com/website/library/Ontario_Stove_Testing_Cam
p/OSTC_2015/100Bucks.GIF> ) which covers all presentations, 2 lunches
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p/OSTC_2015/Facilities1.GIF>  and a thank you
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p/OSTC_2015/Facilities.GIF>  for Burt
<http://www.newdawnengineering.com/website/library/Ontario_Stove_Testing_Cam
p/OSTC_2015/Burt,_I_think.GIF> .

Place: Burt's Greenhouses
<https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.307214,-76.732077,3a,90y,204.94h,89.47t/data
=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sjIH2IrlPex6JZzckDHqYzg!2e0!6m1!1e1?hl=en> , 539 Maple Road,
just North of Odessa, Ontario, Canada Postal Code K0H 2H0.  Exit 599 off the
401, go north. Take the tee junction "Maple Road" left. It is the second
road north of Highway 401. There is a sign on that corner saying "Burt's
Greenhouses" (that's because Burt has more than one).  

Burt's Greenhouses is near the city of Kingston which has excellent train
connections with Toronto. If you need a lift from Kingston, let us know.

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Using simple equipment an enthusiast might own, you will learn what to
measure, when, when, what it mean and what to do with the numbers.

Structured into a series of 45 minute sessions you will learn:

Where to take measurements and when, Sources of some common errors, Targets
for high performance stoves, Why the customer is more important than the
inventor, but not the designer.

Learn how to calculate:

Fuel Burn rate, Fire power, Fuel consumption, CO/CO2 ratio, Excess air
ratio, Emission factors for CO, NO, CO2 and H2, System efficiency, Heat
transfer efficiency, Heat loss rate from a pot, The effect of a lid on test
results, And a little basic mechanical engineering on mass transfer.

The equipment used will include a basic combustion analyser, a temperature
logger, a computer-logged digital scale and an Infrared Thermometer.

The goal is to know what to look for and to be able to rapidly improve and
eventually optimise the functions of your stove.

Some of the time is unstructured so you can bring a project you are working
on and we will discuss it together. 

Your guides through this event include: 

Alex English, who started the original "Stoves" discussion list, a man who
has developed small, large and very large and astonishing biomass burning
devices (some of which we will see). He has been very active in this sector
for 'a couple of decades' and lives by what he knows - he has a biomass
stove-heated house that employs advanced combustion ideas you have probably
not seen before.  The greenhouse boiler can produce biochar at will at the
touch of a button. Be amazed.

Crispin Pemberton-Pigott, international technical advisor for several stove
projects at the World Bank and GIZ. He is a test methods and stove
technology innovator with multiple patents, creator of the SeTAR chemical
mass balance test method used in multiple countries, active in creating
national stove standards in South Africa and a representative of the South
African Bureau of Standards at the ISO creating new standards on TC-285. He
is a co-founder of the South-South Sustainable Stoves Group, a collaborative
effort among experts from developing countries formed to create
scientifically sound and robust test methods for own use in developing
countries.

Julien Winter, a soil biologist, biochar technology and stove developer and
a serial experimenter presently investigating high performance TLUD stoves
of various power levels. He will bring a series of models to be used during
demonstrations and will present some work on temperature evolution in TLUD's
which will be combined for the first time with real time mass-balance
measurements to provide fresh insights into what is happening inside the
stove.

Participants with testing experience will be invited to share their insights
to provide as much collaborative advancement as we can cram into two days.
Wood chips and stick fuel are available.  Bring your own pellets.

A joint assessment of performance metrics will be a major outcome of the
work: Are we measuring and reporting what we need, and what our customers
need?  Which metrics are valid and what are their limitations?  How can we
use innovating testing approaches to optimise stove performance in less
time, at lower cost and reach higher standards?

And the catch-all class: what to do when you only have simple equipment in
hand - how much can you accomplish and when do you need to seek help?

Numbers: We feel we can accommodate up to 20 participants and expect less.
There are chairs, a projector, water, and if you want, you can sleep in your
camper. It will be July! Enjoy the summer!

Nearby places to stay include Odessa, Trenton, Kingston and Napanee (Avril
Lavigne
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Napanee, don't you know? Keep your eyes peeled.)

Please tell us if you are coming. We'll wait up for you.

A message from The Committee, OSTC-1

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