[Stoves] TEG-TLUD Re: Biochar and Uganda and Char-Making stoves

[Paul Anderson]

Dear Hussein,

Thanks for your thoughtful reply.  As you can see from the separate 
replies by Andrew Heggie of the UK and Erich Knight in the USA, this 
topic is of interest to many of us.

I and Nolbert of Awamu in Kampala are interested in your development of 
a workshop for stove production.

The use of some of the generated power to operate a small fan on a 
TLUD-FA stove is of interest, but (as you surely know) natural draft 
units are also able to give the needed heat.  BOTH avenues are of interest.

How open are you to collaborative efforts about linking the TEG in TLUD 
stoves?  The "TEG-TLUD" efforts could become collaborative or 
competitive, depending on the desires of those involved.  I favor 
collaboration.

Paul

Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu
Skype:   paultlud    Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website:  www.drtlud.com

On 5/20/2016 6:45 PM, Nsamba Hussein Kisiki wrote:
> 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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