[Stoves] Biochar and Uganda and Char-Making stoves

[Nsamba Hussein Kisiki]

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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