[Stoves] Preparing fuel

[Frank Shields]

Dear Stovers,

Equipment to:
Chippers, shredders, choppers, presses, pellet-ers, dryers, splitters, grinders, screening, pressing, cubing, shaping, cleaning, packing, bundling, densify ….

After picking a stove to be used in a village the next most important thing we can do is design and deliver the equipment needed to best optimize and standardize the biomass to be used. This is the next variable that needs be controlled to allow the stove to work as designed and demonstrated in the stove lab. Perhaps one piece of equipment and one ‘job creation’ per X number of households? Richard Stanley started this with his biomass press. 

Starting with stove makers looking at the fuel they use and describing what works best for their stove. And the stove-biomass limitations using wild fuels regarding size, shape, moisture, hardness quality etc etc.

 So at the next conference dump a pile of wild wood on the ground and let the stovers pick and choose the fuel they want to use. Let the equipment designers in to demonstrate their equipment that modify the fuel (using hand labor- there will be plenty standing around) for the stoves. And measure emissions and cook food.  

 Just a suggestion

Regards

Frank









Thanks

Frank
Frank Shields
Gabilan Laboratory
Keith Day Company, Inc.
1091 Madison Lane
Salinas, CA  93907
(831) 246-0417 cell
(831) 771-0126 office
fShields at keithdaycompany.com