[Stoves] Dung cakes

[Michael N Trevor]

Actually dung is burned in many place the Plains Indians use dried buffalo
chips. I believe elephant dung is used as well.
I have used sheep pellets. I also suspect sheep/ goat/ deer and antelope
pellets would make superb TLUD fuel when well dried. The Particularly in
India the cow dung is gathered and shaped and dried.  My original comment
was tongue in cheek but world wide there would considerable variation based
on animals and forage available.

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Frank Shields <franke at cruzio.com> wrote:

> Thanks Michael,
>
> So they just shape and dry them. No added biomass? like the chips they
> talk about?  I’ve seen pictures of them stuck to trees, houses etc.
> Then sell them. Some must be better than others - ash and all. And there
> must be special stoves to burn them.
>
> Are they only made from cow dung? I would think quality would be all over
> the map and good the check if they are selling them.
>
> Just wondering.
>
> Thanks
>
> frank
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 14, 2017, at 5:31 PM, Michael N Trevor <mntrevor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> dung cakes are made by cows. No specificatrion cowas do not read
> instructions  Grin.
> Sorry Frank could not pass that one up----
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Frank Shields <franke at cruzio.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Greetings Stovers,
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>
>> Overall rural fuel inflation was 6.8% in 2015-16, which is more than
>> two-and-a-half times the figure for urban areas -2.7%.The sharp increase in
>> rural cooking fuels was due to soaring prices of dung cake and firewood
>> chips. What caused inflation is not known, but it is likely that the supply
>> of dung cake is falling due to fewer people making them.
>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>
>> Are firewood chips that made from chipping branches?
>>
>> And how are dung cakes made? Any quality control? any energy
>> specifications?
>> How do they burn - flame? smoldering?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Frank
>>
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