[Stoves] Biochar and Uganda and Char-Making stoves
hnsamba at inventionplusgroup.com
hnsamba at inventionplusgroup.com
Fri May 20 18:40:51 CDT 2016
Dear Prof Paul,
Many thanks for your email. I am indeed passionate about retrofitting
TEGs to already existing improved cooking stoves to increase their
functions especially for the end user to be able to watch a
television, able to treat water (UV treatment), able to listen to
radios, provide LED lighting as well as charge mobile phones alongside
biochar production.
I assume this will make great contributions to the developing world,
considering the fact that about 1.4 billion people have no access to
power and since 2.8billion people are expected to be relying on
traditional biomass for cooking by 2030.
I assume the above could be achieved if upto 5Wh of power can be
achieved from a conventional cooking stove retrofitted with TEG.
I am proposed to integrating the technology with the fan which could
use could use less than a watt to supply more air to the stove and
improve on the stove combustion efficiency, to further reduce on the
dangers arising from indoor pollution.
I would preferably be keen to succeed with the above initially with
individual households, where of course custom designs can later be
scaled up based on need and demand. From a research perceptive, It
would be great to compare the performance of TEG retrofitted stoves
with and without fans especially in terms of fuel consumption rate,
duration of operation, emission levels, difference in costs, etc.
All said, I believe this is something we can achieve as a team.
PS: I have built up a centre in Uganda, with fabrication and welding
facility, having capacity to fabricate the preferred stove designs,
upto any required volume.
My contributions towards this have so far been on personal
levels,financed from personal savings and with no external funding but
I am sure this is something that can be supported, considering the
contributions it offers, to the World.
Hussein
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