[Stoves] Ghana Cook Stove

[Frank Shields]

Greetings Stovers,


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> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Daniel-John Peterson <exiledspirit at gmail.com <mailto:exiledspirit at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Positive story from Ghana here. Any comments on this article?
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> https://medium.com/@Kiva/finding-a-green-local-solution-to-a-deadly-household-chore-7e61f0283691 <https://medium.com/@Kiva/finding-a-green-local-solution-to-a-deadly-household-chore-7e61f0283691>______________________________________________



I would like to use this article as an example. It includes the necessary requirements describing a unique fuel (palm kernels) and ends in a completed task (vegetable soup). 

This stove could be something many others around the World could use where this type of fuel is available and same tasks are wanted.  Our goal is to present the information such that others can search and find and enough information to make a purchase. The stove needs to be tested by an independent lab to qualify the fuel and operations towards the finished task.  All fuel and supplies included with the stove are sent to the lab. 

It would be helpful if the authors of the article could supply the following information:


Box 1) Describe the fuel. How it is prepared for the stove (dried, shredded, cut, piled and compressed into bricks etc.). 

Box 2) Describe how the fuel is inserted into the combustion chamber (batch mode, hand packed, feed in continuous slowly, feed in in batches then time before next feeding etc.)

Box 3) Description of the combustion chamber, (measurements, metal type, surrounding insulation and support etc).

Box 4)  Cooking utensils used with the stove to complete the task (size, type etc.).

Box 5) Manipulation of the cooking operation (stirring, flipping, etc.).

Box 6) Task completed (taste, quality of finished product etc.)


The laboratory would add additional information on the fuel. Enough information such that fuels tested in other areas could be compared to this successful fuel so that results can be used to determine if this stove would work for them. The lab would repeat the findings of the presenters in completing a task. Collect more data as to time, fuel used, fuel limitations and such. The data would go into a database for used when searching stoves using such and such a fuel or stoves completing a specific task. The lab tests cost would be low enough so anyone developing stoves in their backyard could send in the protocol for their stove, have it tested and (successful) results included in a database. The database used for NGOs in selecting stoves for distribution in an area.

I believe this was the intention of the WBT. Several problems, one being there needed a better protocol and also that the conclusion is ’the best stove’. I (now) think there should be no ‘best’ stove. Just stoves using a specific type of fuel will complete a specific type of task. The findings included in the lab report can help make decisions as to the group of stoves to pick for distribution. 

I have suggested test packages for testing the biomass fuel should any University or stove testing group like to proceed with this. 




Thanks

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




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